StrQTok

Syntax

StrQTok(str, char_sep, quote_char, esc_char, result_array);

str	The string to be tokenized.
char_sep	A character separator.
quote_char	A string quote character.
esc_char	A quote escape character.
result_array	The array to which the tokens will be assigned.

Description

Takes four strings and a one-dimensional array and returns a numeric value indicating the number of tokens passed into the array.

Returns

A numeric value indicating the number of tokens passed into the array.

Example

$var1="123:abc:’A, B and /’C/’’";

//Single quotes are used for strings
//containing separators.

//The escape character for single quotes
//in quoted strings is "/".

$num_of_tokens=StrQTok($var1,":","’","/",$arr1);

Result:

$num_of_tokens=3
$arr1[0]="123"
$arr1[1]="abc"
$arr1[2]="A, B and ’C’"