Question

I am trying to split the following, I need to split it by the function strtok and i wanna obtain the value 1.2597, take note that Down is a dynamic word which can be change. I understand in this case i can use white space as my delimiter, and get the value [1] which is the currency, but how do i go around with it.

CCY 1.2597 Down 0.0021(0.16%) 14:32 SGT [44]

Answer 1

This should do it:

char *first = strtok(string, ' ');
char *second = strtok(0, ' ');

If you want to convert the number to a float or double you could also use sscanf:

char tmp[5];
float number;
sscanf(string, "%s %f", tmp, &number);

Or just use sscanf on the number token that you got with strtok.