Function to split a string by a token and add each word to an array

split_by.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#define MAX_NUMBER_OF_FIELDS 50
#define MAX_STRING_LENGTH 50

void split_by(char *token, char *string, char array[MAX_NUMBER_OF_FIELDS][MAX_STRING_LENGTH])
{
  char *raw_string = string;
  char *raw_string_info = NULL;

  int i;
  for (i = 0, raw_string_info = strsep(&raw_string, ","); raw_string_info != NULL; i++, raw_string_info = strsep(&raw_string, ","))
  {
    strcpy(array[i], raw_string_info);
  }
}

int main()
{
  char string[] = "my,,comma,,separated,string"; // It works with empty values
  char my_array[MAX_NUMBER_OF_FIELDS][MAX_STRING_LENGTH] = {0};

  split_by(token, string, my_array);

  printf("------------------------\n");
  int i;
  for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
  {
    printf("%s\n", my_array[i]);
  }
  printf("------------------------\n");

  // Output:
  // ------------------------
  // my
  //
  // comma
  //
  // separated
  // string
  // ------------------------

  return 0;
}