// SafeString_stoken_Example.ino for SafeString V4+
// download and install the SafeString library from
//  www.forward.com.au/pfod/ArduinoProgramming/SafeString/index.html

#include "SafeString.h"
createSafeString(inputLine, 60); // enough space for the input text
createSafeString(field, 10); // for the field strings. Should have capacity > largest field length
const char delimiters[] = ","; // just comma for delimiter, could also use ",;" if comma or semi-colon seperated fields
int nextIdx = 0; // index into inputLine
size_t fieldNumber = 0;
bool returnEmptyFields = true; // ,, returns an empty field

void setup() {
  // Open serial communications and wait a few seconds
  Serial.begin(9600);
  for (int i = 10; i > 0; i--) {
    Serial.print(' '); Serial.print(i);
    delay(500);
  }
  Serial.println();
  //SafeString::setOutput(Serial); // enable full debugging error msgs
  inputLine = F("23.5, 44a ,, , -5. , +.5, 7a, 33,fred5, 6.5.3, a.5,b.3");
  Serial.print(F(" The input is ")); Serial.println(inputLine);
  nextIdx = 0; // getting tokens start from front of inputLine
  fieldNumber = 0; // no fields yet
  Serial.println();
  Serial.println(F("Fields with numbers are:-"));
}

void loop() {
  if (nextIdx >= 0) { // still finding tokens
    nextIdx = inputLine.stoken(field, nextIdx, delimiters, returnEmptyFields); // steps over previous delimiter // returns -1 if none found
    field.debug(F("   inputLine.stoken => "));
    fieldNumber++;
    float f;
    if (field.toFloat(f)) {
      Serial.print(F("Field ")); Serial.print(fieldNumber); Serial.print(F(" : ")); Serial.println(f);
    } else {
      SafeString::Output.print(F("   ,")); SafeString::Output.print(field); SafeString::Output.println(F(", is not a number"));
    }
  }
  // rest of sketch runs here after each token found
}