string_fun.c

#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stddef.h>

char *replace_str(const char *str, const char *old, const char *new)
{
	char *ret, *r;
	const char *p, *q;
	size_t oldlen = strlen(old);
	size_t count, retlen, newlen = strlen(new);

	if (oldlen != newlen) {
		for (count = 0, p = str; (q = strstr(p, old)) != NULL; p = q + oldlen)
			count++;
		/* this is undefined if p - str > PTRDIFF_MAX */
		retlen = p - str + strlen(p) + count * (newlen - oldlen);
	} else
		retlen = strlen(str);

	if ((ret = malloc(retlen + 1)) == NULL)
		return NULL;

	for (r = ret, p = str; (q = strstr(p, old)) != NULL; p = q + oldlen) {
		/* this is undefined if q - p > PTRDIFF_MAX */
		ptrdiff_t l = q - p;
		memcpy(r, p, l);
		r += l;
		memcpy(r, new, newlen);
		r += newlen;
	}
	strcpy(r, p);

	return ret;
}