strtok-extreme.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

void create_node(char* property_list) {
  char* item;
  char* list;
  const char *end = property_list;

  while(*end)
    end++;

  list = (char *) malloc(sizeof(char) * (end-property_list + 1));
  memcpy(list, property_list, end-property_list);
  list[end-property_list] = '\0';
  item = strtok(list, "|");
  while(item != NULL) {
    printf("%s\n", item);
    item = strtok(NULL, "|");
  }
}

int main(int arc, char **argv) {
  create_node("foo|bar|baz");
}