Function splitSplitLine

samblaster.cpp:234–255

Split the line into fields.

// Split the line into fields.
void splitSplitLine(splitLine_t * line, int maxSplits)
{
    line->numFields = 0;
    int fieldStart = 0;
    // replace the newline with a tab so that it works like the rest of the fields.
    line->buffer[line->bufLen-1] = '\t';
    for (int i=0; i<line->bufLen; ++i)
    {
        if (line->buffer[i] == '\t')
        {
            line->fields[line->numFields] = line->buffer + fieldStart;
            line->numFields += 1;
            if (line->numFields == maxSplits) break;
            line->buffer[i] = 0;
            // Get ready for the next iteration.
            fieldStart = i+1;
        }
    }
    // replace the tab at the end of the line with a null char to terminate the final string.
    line->buffer[line->bufLen-1] = 0;
    line->split = true;
}

// Unsplit the fields back into a single string.
// This will mung the strings, so only call this when all processing on the line is done.