libbb/compare_string_array.c

/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
/*
 * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
 */

#include "libbb.h"

/* returns the array index of the string */
/* (index of first match is returned, or -1) */
int index_in_str_array(const char *const string_array[], const char *key)
{
	int i;

	for (i = 0; string_array[i] != 0; i++) {
		if (strcmp(string_array[i], key) == 0) {
			return i;
		}
	}
	return -1;
}

int index_in_strings(const char *strings, const char *key)
{
	int idx = 0;

	while (*strings) {
		if (strcmp(strings, key) == 0) {
			return idx;
		}
		strings += strlen(strings) + 1; /* skip NUL */
		idx++;
	}
	return -1;
}

/* returns the array index of the string, even if it matches only a beginning */
/* (index of first match is returned, or -1) */
#ifdef UNUSED
int index_in_substr_array(const char *const string_array[], const char *key)
{
	int i;
	int len = strlen(key);
	if (len) {
		for (i = 0; string_array[i] != 0; i++) {
			if (strncmp(string_array[i], key, len) == 0) {
				return i;
			}
		}
	}
	return -1;
}
#endif

int index_in_substrings(const char *strings, const char *key)
{
	int len = strlen(key);

	if (len) {
		int idx = 0;
		while (*strings) {
			if (strncmp(strings, key, len) == 0) {
				return idx;
			}
			strings += strlen(strings) + 1; /* skip NUL */
			idx++;
		}
	}
	return -1;
}

const char *nth_string(const char *strings, int n)
{
	while (n) {
		n--;
		strings += strlen(strings) + 1;
	}
	return strings;
}