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strtol reusing param

This code seems to work as expected, populates an array of numbers using a single pointer

#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void)
{
    int arr[4], count = 0, i;
    char *p, s[32] = "  \t  10,  15  \n  ,20,   25  , ";

    p = s;
    do {
        arr[count++] = (int)strtol(p, &p, 10);
        while (isspace(*p) || *p == ',') p++;
    } while (*p);
    for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
        printf("%d\n", arr[i]);
    }
    return 0;
}

My question is:

It is valid to use p as param1 (source) and &p as param 2 (address of the first invalid character) in strtol?

Solution

  • Yes it is safe.

    Please refer to http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/string/byte/strtol for complete usage reference. Line 11 of the example illustrates a call using the same variable for the 1st and 2nd parameters.