[bakatu]

Like the old code says, the input is: const char* userstring="RUN filename and this\n";
which is only "RUN filename and this".

The output of that is:
RUN
filename
and
this

I want to enter my own string, not what already is in the code, and have that parsed at the spaces.

Ex:
when prompted for a string when the program is running, I type:
"Hello I typed this"

Output:
Hello
I
typed
this

I hope that clears that up.

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Updated: I have most of the parser figured out, but I am getting an error on this line:

std::istringstream buffer(text);

error: variable `std::istringstream buffer' has initializer but incomplete type

I don't know what' wrong with the type, so could someone help me with that?


Here's the new code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

//---------------------paerser class--------------------------------------------
class parser 
{
      std::string text;
      public:
      static const int max_field_size=100;

      explicit parser(const char *s) : text(s) {}

      void tokenize(char *fields[], int nf, const char breaker=' ') 
      {
           // parses internal string, breaking at instances of <breaker>
           // which are thrown away. Returns separated values as fields

//this is the error
           std::istringstream buffer(text);
//this is the error

           int f=0;
           while (f<nf) 
           {
                 buffer.getline(fields[f], max_field_size, breaker);
                  ++f;
           }
      }
};
//---------------------end of parser class--------------------------------------

void parsef(string s);

int main()
{
   string myString;
   cout << "Enter a string: ";
   getline(cin, myString);
   parsef(myString);

   return 0;

}


void parsef(string s)
{

   
   char **fields = new char *[3];
   for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
       fields[i] = new char[parser::max_field_size];
       parser parse(s.c_str());
           for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
        delete [] fields[i];
    }
    delete fields;

}
//end string parsing Function------------------------------