strtik behavior

Hi,
I have a .txt file which have 3 lines. Each line has n number of values separated by the same delimter.

I am using the following function to read the line in C, parse each line based on the delimiter and store the parsed values of a line into one char *val1[], the second into another char *val2[] and third in another one char *val3[].

The issue is I am able to parse and get the value for the first line. Similarly when I try for the second line, I get the values for val2 but val1 gets overwritten !!!

When I run the entire code, val1 , val 2 and val3 contains values for the 3rd line only. values for val1 and val2 are LOST!!

Following is the code -

Code:

while ( fgets(line, sizeof(line), prop_fp) != NULL )
	{
		printf("Reading Line....\n\n");
		fputs(line, stdout);

		if (line_number == 1)
		{
		
				/* Get the individual values from the input line for item properties */
			printf ("delim %s \n",delim);
			sub_string = strtok(line, delim);
			item_properties[0] = sub_string;
			// item_properties[0] = sub_string;

			printf ("1st prop = %s \n", item_properties[0]);
			cnt = 1;

			while ((sub_string = strtok(NULL, delim)) != NULL)
			{
				item_properties[cnt] = sub_string;
				printf("item_properties[%d]is %s \n",cnt, item_properties[cnt] );
				cnt++;
			}
			 /*for (increment =0;increment <cnt; increment ++)
			{
				item_properties[increment] = value[increment];
				printf("value, item_prop -%s %s \n", item_properties[increment], item_properties[increment]);
			}*/

			printf("INLOOP:Item properties are %s %s %s \n\n", item_properties[0], item_properties[1], item_properties[2]);
		}
		else if (line_number == 2)
		{
			
			/* Get the individual values from the input line for item properties */
    printf ("delim %s \n",delim);
   


				sub_str = strtok(line, delim);
			printf("INLOOP - after suB-string:Item properties are %s %s %s \n\n", item_properties[0], item_properties[1], item_properties[2]);
			item_rev_properties[0] = sub_str;

			printf ("1st prop = %s \n", item_rev_properties[0]);
			cnt = 1;
   printf("INLOOP:Item properties are %s %s %s \n\n", item_properties[0], item_properties[1], item_properties[2]);
			while ((sub_str = strtok(NULL, delim)) != NULL)
			{
				printf("INLOOP:Item properties are %s %s %s \n\n", item_properties[0], item_properties[1], item_properties[2]);
				item_rev_properties[cnt] = sub_str;
				printf("item_rev_properties[%d]is %s \n",cnt, item_rev_properties[cnt] );
				cnt++;
			}
			/*for (increment =0;increment <cnt; increment ++)
			{
				item_rev_properties[increment] = value[increment];
				printf("value, item_prop -%s %s \n", value[increment], item_rev_properties[increment]);
			}*/

			printf("INLOOP:Item properties are %s %s %s \n\n", item_properties[0], item_properties[1], item_properties[2]);
			printf("INLOOP:Item Rev properties are %s %s %s \n\n", item_rev_properties[0], item_rev_properties[1], item_rev_properties[2]);
			printf("INLOOP:Item properties are %s %s %s \n\n", item_properties[0], item_properties[1], item_properties[2]);
		}
		else if (line_number == 3)
		{
			/* Get the individual values from the input line for item properties */
printf ("delim %s \n",delim);
			sub_string = strtok(line, delim);
			doc_rev_properties[0] = sub_string;
			printf ("\n 1st prop = %s \n", doc_rev_properties[0]);
			cnt = 1;

			while ((sub_string = strtok(NULL, delim)) != NULL)
			{
				doc_rev_properties[cnt] = sub_string;
				printf("doc_rev_properties[%d]is %s \n",cnt, doc_rev_properties[cnt] );
				cnt++;
			}
			printf("INLOOP:Item properties are %s %s %s \n\n", doc_rev_properties[0], doc_rev_properties[1], doc_rev_properties[2]);
		}
		line[0] = '\0';
			printf("line at end is null %s \n", line);
		line_number++;
	} /* End of reading the three lines in the properties file */

Can somebody please let me know how to handle this?

Regards -
Rajib Roy

 

You don't show the declarations for the properties arrays. One can't tell.

As an aid to readability, I'd suggest you read something on indentation styles, pick one, drop your indent level to about 4, and set your "smart indent" preferences so that tabs are converted to the appropriate number of spaces.