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

bool speechmarkArg(char* str, char** args, int* index, int* argCount) {

    static const char key[] = {"\""};
    int length = strlen(str);

    // increment index to point to the first character of the argument
    *index += 1;

    // get the length of the argument
    int argLength = strcspn(str + (*index), key);

    // no closing speechmark was found, return an error
    if ((*index + argLength) == length) {
        return false;
    }

    // store the new argument in the array of arguments
    args[*argCount] = malloc((argLength + 1) * sizeof(char));
    memcpy(args[*argCount], str + (*index), argLength);
    strcat(args[*argCount], "\0");

    // update index to point to the closing speechmark. Upon returning
    // to the splut function, the for loop will immediately cycle past
    *argCount += 1;
    *index += argLength;

    // return true on success
    return true;
}

bool whitespaceArg(char* str, char** args, int* index, int* argCount) {

    static const char key[] = {"\" "};
    char delim;

    // get the length of the argument
    int argLength = strcspn(str + (*index), key);

    // store the delimiting character
    delim = str[*index + argLength];

    // store the new argument in the array of arguments
    args[*argCount] = malloc((argLength + 1) * sizeof(char));
    memcpy(args[*argCount], str + (*index), argLength);
    strcat(args[*argCount], "\0");

    // update the index and argcount
    *index += argLength;
    *argCount += 1;

    if (delim == ' ' ||  delim == '\0') {
        return true;
    } else {
        if (!speechmarkArg(str, args, index, argCount)) {
            return false;
        }
    }

    // return true on success
    return true;
}

int main() {

    char** args = malloc(32 * sizeof(char*));
    char* str   = "   arg1 arg2\"the best arg\"arg3 \"another great argument\"   arg4   arg5  ";

    int length   = strlen(str);
    int argCount = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < length; i += 1) {
        if (str[i] == ' ') {
            continue;
        } else if (str[i] == '\"') {
            if (!speechmarkArg(str, args, &i, &argCount)) {
                puts("error: expected closing quotation mark");
                break;
            }
        } else {
            if (!whitespaceArg(str, args, &i, &argCount)) {
                puts("error: expected closing quotation mark");
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    // probably wanna free here tbh
    // keep track of the fact the arguments weren't successfully closed
    for (int i = 0; i < argCount; i += 1) {
        puts(args[i]);
    }

    return 0;
}