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

#define MAXTOKENS 2

int s_tokenize(char *s, char *tokens[], const int ntoks, const char *delims) 
{
    int i = 1;
    
    tokens[0] = strtok(s, delims);
    for (i = 1; i < ntoks; i++) {
        tokens[i] = strtok(NULL, " ,.-");
        if (! tokens[i]) 
            break;
    }
    
    return i;
}

int main( void )
{
    char s[] = "lots of character to play with";
    char *tokens[ MAXTOKENS ] = { NULL };
    int ntokens = 0;
    register int i = 0;

    ntokens = s_tokenize( s, tokens, MAXTOKENS, " " );

    if ( ntokens > 0 )
        for (i=0; i < ntokens; i++)
            puts( tokens[i] );

    return 0;
}