#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
/* function compute number of locations of char c from buffer to character e 
 */
int strlenc(char *buffer, char c, char e)
{
	int i = 0;
	while (*buffer != e) {
		if (*buffer == c)
			i++;
		buffer++;
	}
	return i;
}

/* interpreting special characters in name string */
char *name(char *buffer)
{
	register char *ret;
	char num[2];
	if (*ret != '/')
		return NULL;
	ret = (char *) malloc(255);
	while (*ret != ' ') {
		if (*ret == '#') {
			num[0] = *(ret + 1);
			num[1] = *(ret + 2);
			ret += 2;
		}
		ret++;
	}
	return buffer;
}

/* parse arrays */
char **array(char *buffer)
{
	register char **ret;
	register int end, a, index;
	if (*buffer != '[')
		return NULL;
	ret = (char **) malloc(strlenc(buffer, ' ', ']') * sizeof(char));
	end = a = index = 0;
	while (end > 0) {
		switch (*buffer) {
		case '[':
			end++;
			buffer++;
			break;
		case ']':
			end--;
			break;
		case ' ':
			if (*(buffer + 1) == ']')
				break;
			ret[index] = buffer - a;
			*buffer = '\0';
			a = 0;
			index++;
			break;
		default:
			a++;
		}
		buffer++;
	}
	return ret;
}