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+#include "dol.h"\r
+\r
+/**\r
+ * Create the port name of an iterated port based on its basename and the\r
+ * given indices.\r
+ * Example: createPort(xxx, "port", 2, 1, N1, 3, N2) will result in xxx\r
+ * having the value "port_1_3". The range definitions N1, N2 will be ignored\r
+ * in this implementation\r
+ *\r
+ * @param port buffer where the result is stored\r
+ * @param base basename of the port\r
+ * @param number_of_indices number of dimensions of the port\r
+ * @param index_range_pairs index and range values for each dimension\r
+ */\r
+char* createPort(char* port, char* base,\r
+ int number_of_indices, int indices, ...) {\r
+ char next_index_string[10];\r
+ strcpy(port, base);\r
+\r
+ if (number_of_indices > 4) {\r
+ printf("Error: iterated ports must not have more than ");\r
+ printf("4 dimensions.\n");\r
+ exit(-1);\r
+ }\r
+\r
+ va_list argumentlist;\r
+ va_start(argumentlist, indices);\r
+\r
+ if (number_of_indices > 0) {\r
+ sprintf(next_index_string, "_%d", indices);\r
+ strcat(port, next_index_string);\r
+\r
+ for (int k = 1; k < number_of_indices; k++) {\r
+ va_arg(argumentlist, int); //skip the range value\r
+ sprintf(next_index_string, "_%d", va_arg(argumentlist, int));\r
+ strcat(port, next_index_string);\r
+ }\r
+ }\r
+ return port;\r
+}\r
+\r
+/**\r
+ * Gets an index of a string, where the index must be separated by\r
+ * a character specified in tokens.\r
+ * Returns -1, when an error occurs.\r
+ *\r
+ * Example:\r
+ * getIndex("name_1_2", "_", 0) will return 1.\r
+ * getIndex("name_1_2", "_", 1) will return 2.\r
+ *\r
+ * @param string string to parse\r
+ * @param tokens delimiter of indices\r
+ * @param indexNumber position of index (starting at 0)\r
+ */\r
+int getIndex(const char* string, char* tokens, int indexNumber) {\r
+ char* string_copy;\r
+ char* token_pointer;\r
+ int index = 0;\r
+\r
+ string_copy = (char*) malloc(sizeof(char) * (strlen(string) + 1));\r
+ if (!string_copy) {\r
+ fprintf(stderr, "getIndex(): could not allocate memory.\n");\r
+ return -1;\r
+ }\r
+\r
+ strcpy(string_copy, string);\r
+\r
+ token_pointer = strtok(string_copy, tokens);\r
+ do {\r
+ token_pointer = strtok(NULL, tokens);\r
+ index++;\r
+ } while (index <= indexNumber && token_pointer != 0);\r
+\r
+ if (token_pointer) {\r
+ index = atoi(token_pointer);\r
+ free(string_copy);\r
+ return index;\r
+ }\r
+\r
+ return -1;\r
+}\r