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authorpjd <pjd@FreeBSD.org>2008-12-05 15:50:59 +0000
committerpjd <pjd@FreeBSD.org>2008-12-05 15:50:59 +0000
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Add an easier example.
Reviewed by: trasz
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diff --git a/lib/libc/string/strsep.3 b/lib/libc/string/strsep.3
index 919ea3c..9432a88 100644
--- a/lib/libc/string/strsep.3
+++ b/lib/libc/string/strsep.3
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.\" @(#)strsep.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 9, 1993
+.Dd December 5, 2008
.Dt STRSEP 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -81,6 +81,21 @@ returns
.Sh EXAMPLES
The following uses
.Fn strsep
+to parse a string, and prints each token in separate line:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+char *token, *string, *tofree;
+
+tofree = string = strdup("abc,def,ghi");
+assert(string != NULL);
+
+while ((token = strsep(&string, ",")) != NULL)
+ printf("%s\en", token);
+
+free(tofree);
+.Ed
+.Pp
+The following uses
+.Fn strsep
to parse a string, containing tokens delimited by white space, into an
argument vector:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
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