a simple [incomplete] command-line parsing library...

arg_parse.h

#ifndef ARG_PARSE_H
#define ARG_PARSE_H

#include <string.h> // strcmp, strcat
#include <stdlib.h> // atoi

char* findOccurance(char*,char*);
void getArgs(int, char**, char*, ...);
char hasArg(int,char**, char*);
char* strAfter(int, char**, char*);


char* findOccurance(char* source, char* query){
	char* queryCopy = query;

	while ( *source != '\0') {
	
		if (*(source++) == *query) {
			query++;
			while (*query != '\0' && *source == *query) {
				source++;
				query++;
			}
	
			if (*query == '\0')
				return source;

			query = queryCopy;
		}
		
	}
	return NULL; // return NULL if there were no occurances found...
}


char hasArg(int argc, char** args, char* arg){
	// return 1 when an argument matches arg
	for (;argc > 0; argc--)
		if (strcmp(arg, *args++) == 0)
			return 1;
	// no matches found
	return 0;
}


// # = int
// & = double
// * = string
// no-suffix = boolean
// returns -1 if the programmer fucked up the scheme string
// returns 1 if the arguments
char getArgs(int argc, char** args, char* scheme, ...){

	va_list argsList;
	va_start(argsList, scheme);

	while (*scheme != '\0'){

		// ignore spaces...
		if (*scheme ==' ') {
			scheme++;
			continue;
		}
		// skip commas
		if (*scheme == ',') {
			scheme++; 
			continue;
		}

		char opt = *scheme++;
		
		// ignore spaces...
//		while (*scheme == ' ') 
//			scheme++;

		if (*scheme == ',') { // boolean
			// c doesn't have bools :P 
			char* ans = va_arg(argsList, char*);
			char option[3] = "-";
			strcat(option, opt);
			*ans = hasArg(argc, args, option);
			
		} else if (*scheme == '*') { // string
			char** ans = va_arg(argsList, char**);
			*ans = strAfter(argc, args, opt);
			
		} else if (*scheme == '#') { // integer
			
		} else if (*scheme == '&'

		} else { return -1 }

	}

	va_end(argsList);

	return 0;
}


inline char* strAfter(int argc, char** args, char search){
	for (;argc > 0; argc--) {

		if (**args == '-') 
			(*args)++;

		if (**args == search)
			return ++(*args);

		args++;
	}
	return NULL;
}


#endif