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Procedure
Abstract
Required_Reading
Keywords
Brief_I/O
Detailed_Input
Detailed_Output
Parameters
Exceptions
Files
Particulars
Examples
Restrictions
Literature_References
Author_and_Institution
Version
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Procedure

   void lx4uns_c ( ConstSpiceChar   * string,
                   SpiceInt           first,
                   SpiceInt         * last,
                   SpiceInt         * nchar  ) 

Abstract

 
   Scan a string from a specified starting position for the 
   end of an unsigned integer.  
 

Required_Reading

 
   None. 
 

Keywords

 
   PARSING 
 

Brief_I/O

 
   VARIABLE  I/O  DESCRIPTION 
   --------  ---  -------------------------------------------------- 
   string     I   Any character string.
   first      I   First character to scan from in string.
   last       O   Last character that is part of an unsigned integer.
   nchar      O   Number of characters in the unsigned integer. 
 

Detailed_Input

 
   string      is any character string. 
 
   first       is the location in the string to beginning scanning 
               for an unsigned integer.  It is assumed that the 
               unsigned integer begins at first.  

               The normal range of first is 0 : strlen(string)-1.
 

Detailed_Output

 
   last        is the last character at or after first such that the
               substring ranging from string[first] through
               string[last] is an unsigned integer.  If there is no such
               substring, last will be returned with the value first-1.

               If an unsigned integer is found, last will be in the
               range is 0 : strlen(string)-1.


   nchar       is the number of characters in the unsigned integer that
               begins at index first and ends at last.  If there is no
               such string nchar will be given the value 0.
 

Parameters

 
   None. 
 

Exceptions

  
   1) If first is beyond either end of the string, then 
      last will be returned with the value first-1 and nchar 
      will be returned with the value 0. 
 
   2) If string[first] is not part of an unsigned integer then last 
      will be returned with the value first-1 and nchar will be 
      returned with the value 0. 

   3) If the input string pointer is null, the error SPICE(NULLPOINTER)
      will be signaled.

   4) If the input string has length zero, last will be set to first-1
      and nchar will be set to zero.  This case is not considered an
      error.
 

Files

 
   None. 
 

Particulars

 
   This routine allows you to scan forward in a string to locate an
   unsigned integer that begins on the input character first. An
   unsigned integer is simply a sequence of digits.
 

Examples

 
   1) Suppose you believe that a string has the form 
 
         X%Y%Z 
 
      where X, Y, and Z are unsigned integers of some unknown 
      length and % stands for some non-digit character. You could 
      use this routine to locate the unsigned integers in the 
      string as shown below.  We'll keep track of the beginning and 
      ending of the unsigned integers in the integer arrays b and e. 
 

         #include <string.h>
         #include "SpiceUsr.h"

               .
               .
               .

         first = 0;
         i     = 0;
         len   = strlen(string);

         while ( first < len-1 )
         {
            lx4uns_c ( string, first, &last, &nchar );

            if ( nchar > 0 )
            {
               i++;

               b[i]  = first;
               e[i]  = last;
               first = last  +  2;
            }
            else
            {
               first++;  
            }
         }
          

Restrictions

 
   None. 
 

Literature_References

 
   None. 
 

Author_and_Institution

 
   N.J. Bachman    (JPL)
   W.L. Taber      (JPL) 
 

Version

 
   -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 11-AUG-2002 (NJB) (WLT)

Index_Entries

 
   Scan a string for an unsigned integer. 
 

Link to routine lx4uns_c source file lx4uns_c.c

Wed Apr  5 17:54:38 2017