cols.h

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    Author: Petr Danecek <pd3@sanger.ac.uk>
    
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#ifndef __COLS_H__
#define __COLS_H__

#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct
{
    int n,m;
    char **off, *rmme;
}
cols_t;

/*
    cols_split() can be called repeatedly to split new strings, memory is allocated
    and deallocated automatically
*/
cols_t *cols_split(const char *line, cols_t *cols, char delim);

/* 
    Although cols_append() can be combined with cols_split(), it is much slower and
    the string must exist throughout the life of cols unless initialized with cols_split().
*/
void cols_append(cols_t *cols, char *str);
void cols_clear(cols_t *cols);
void cols_destroy(cols_t *cols);

#endif