/*++ /* NAME /* balpar 3 /* SUMMARY /* determine length of string in parentheses /* SYNOPSIS /* #include /* /* size_t balpar(string, parens) /* const char *string; /* const char *parens; /* DESCRIPTION /* balpar() determines the length of a string enclosed in /* the specified parentheses, zero in case of error. /* SEE ALSO /* A balpar() routine appears in Brian W. Kernighan, P.J. Plauger: /* "Software Tools", Addison-Wesley 1976. This function is different. /* LICENSE /* .ad /* .fi /* The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software. /* AUTHOR(S) /* Wietse Venema /* IBM T.J. Watson Research /* P.O. Box 704 /* Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA /*--*/ /* System library. */ #include /* Utility library. */ #include /* balpar - return length of {text} */ size_t balpar(const char *string, const char *parens) { const char *cp; int level; int ch; if (*string != parens[0]) return (0); for (level = 1, cp = string + 1; (ch = *cp) != 0; cp++) { if (ch == parens[1]) { if (--level == 0) return (cp - string + 1); } else if (ch == parens[0]) { level++; } } return (0); }