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# PetscStrToArray

Separates a string by a character (for example ' ' or '\n') and creates an array of strings

### Synopsis

    #include "petscsys.h"
    PetscErrorCode PetscStrToArray(const char s[], char sp, int *argc, char ***args)

Not Collective

### Input Parameters

| s | - pointer to string
| sp | - separator character

### Output Parameters

| argc | - the number of entries in the array
| args | - an array of the entries with a null at the end

### Notes

this may be called before PetscInitialize() or after PetscFinalize()

Not for use in Fortran

### Developer Notes

Using raw malloc() and does not call error handlers since this may be used before PETSc is initialized. Used to generate argc, args arguments passed to MPI_Init()

### See Also

PetscStrToArrayDestroy(), PetscToken, PetscTokenCreate()

### Level

intermediate

### Location

src/sys/utils/str.c
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