Using C string handling functions like strchr or memchr to parse char array into C++ key value map -

i have char array this:

"ca: abcd\0cb: abfg\0cc: afbv\0cd: 4567" 

now ": " splits key value while \0 separates pairs. want add key-value pairs map in c++ using strchr or memchr functions. suggestions?

something along these lines, perhaps:

const char source[] = "ca: abcd\0cb: abfg\0cc: afbv\0cd: 4567"; int len = sizeof(source); std::map<std::string, std::string> pairs;  const char* end = source + len; const char* start = source; while (start < end) {     const char* sep = strchr(start, ':');     const char* pair_end = strchr(sep + 2, '\0');     pairs.emplace(std::string(start, sep), std::string(sep + 2, pair_end));     start = pair_end + 1; } 

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