C - irc bot skeleton - c

Question

#include <winsock2.h>
#include <stdio.h>
const int PORT = 6667;
const char *SERVER = "irc.freenode.org";
const char *CHAN = "#channela";
const char *NICK = "loveMilk";
const int MAX_BUFF_SIZE = 512;
int sock_conn(SOCKET *socketn, const char *HOST, int portn);
int sock_send(SOCKET *socketn, char* msg, ...);
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
WSADATA wsadata;
char buff[MAX_BUFF_SIZE];
char oBuff[MAX_BUFF_SIZE];
int buffRec;
if (WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &wsadata) != 0)
return 0;
SOCKET sock;
if(sock_conn(&sock, SERVER, PORT) != 0)
{
WSACleanup();
return 0;
}
printf("connected.\n");
sock_send(&sock, "USER %s \"\" \"127.0.0.1\" :%s\r\n", NICK, NICK);
sock_send(&sock, "NICK %s\r\n", NICK);
Sleep(100);
sock_send(&sock, "JOIN %s\r\n", CHAN);
printf("Joined channel.\n");
while(1)
{
memset(buff, 0, MAX_BUFF_SIZE);
memset(oBuff, 0, MAX_BUFF_SIZE);
buffRec = recv(sock, buff, MAX_BUFF_SIZE, 0);
if((buffRec == 0) || (buffRec == SOCKET_ERROR)) break;
if(buff[0] != ':')
{
strcpy(oBuff, "PONG :");
printf("PONG");
sock_send(&sock, oBuff);
}
else
{
if(strstr(buff, "PRIVMSG"))
{
int i, num = 0;
for(i = 0; i < strlen(buff); ++i) if(buff[i] = ' ') ++num;
char** parts = malloc(sizeof(char*) * num);
char *p;
p = strtok(buff, " ");
int j = 0;
while(p != NULL)
{
parts[j] = p;
j++;
p = strtok(NULL, " ");
}
free(parts);
}
}
}
closesocket(sock);
return 1;
}
int sock_conn(SOCKET *socketn, const char *HOST, int portn)
{
WSADATA wsadata;
SOCKADDR_IN sockA;
LPHOSTENT hostE;
if(WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &wsadata) == -1) return -1;
if(!(hostE = gethostbyname(HOST)))
{
WSACleanup();
return -1;
}
if ((*socketn = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP)) == INVALID_SOCKET)
{
WSACleanup();
return -1;
}
sockA.sin_family = AF_INET;
sockA.sin_port = htons(portn);
sockA.sin_addr = *((LPIN_ADDR)*hostE->h_addr_list);
if(connect(*socketn, (LPSOCKADDR)&sockA, sizeof(struct sockaddr)) == SOCKET_ERROR)
{
WSACleanup();
return -1;
}
}
int sock_send(SOCKET *socketn, char* msg, ...)
{
char buff[MAX_BUFF_SIZE];
va_list va;
va_start(va, msg);
vsprintf(buff, msg, va);
va_end(va);
send(*socketn, buff, strlen(buff), 0);
return 1;
}
If I try to print buff after the if(strstr(buff, "PRIVMSG")) it crashes.
The while with the strtok won't work, if I try to reach parts[0] it crashes.
I tried to print parts[0] but shows nothing, tried to print during the while loop, shows nothing.
why?

Answer 1

You don't terminate your strings!
Edit the receiving part as this:
buffRec = recv(sock, buff, MAX_BUFF_SIZE, 0);
if((buffRec == 0) || (buffRec == SOCKET_ERROR)) break;
/* New line: Terminate buffer as a string */
buff[buffRec] = '\0';

Answer 2

As the other answer points out, a character array must end with '\0' to be considered a string. I think that C doesn't distinguish between the two, but you need the '\0' to signify the end of string. This could be why strstr(buff, "PRIVMSG")) isn't returning anything. It may default to null (thus not satisfying your if) because it doesn't think it has been passed a string.
'strtok(string, delimiter)' breaks an input string into tokens by using the delimiter. Here, you have passed it NULL as its string and " " as its delimiter. I am unfamiliar with many string functions (still learning C myself), but I think this is incorrect usage in your code.
parts[] does not seem to be defined in the code you've given. Its first use is where you try to store data in it for the inner while loop. Are there any other parts to the program that are not shown?