cannot use tokenizer for parse_args() as the search for commata must be away of parenthesis

src/variable.cpp

@@ -4690,23 +4690,43 @@ void Variable::atom_vector(char *word, Tree **tree,
    max allowed # of args = MAXFUNCARG
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-int Variable::parse_args(const std::string &str, char **args)
+int Variable::parse_args(char *str, char **args)
 {
+  char *ptrnext;
   int   narg = 0;
-  args[0] = nullptr;
+  char *ptr = str;
 
-  Tokenizer values(str,",");
+  while (ptr && narg < MAXFUNCARG) {
-
+    ptrnext = find_next_comma(ptr);
-  while (values.has_next() && narg < MAXFUNCARG) {
+    if (ptrnext) *ptrnext = '\0';
-    args[narg] = utils::strdup(values.next());
+    args[narg] = utils::strdup(ptr);
     narg++;
+    ptr = ptrnext;
+    if (ptr) ptr++;
   }
 
-  if (values.has_next())
+  if (ptr) error->all(FLERR,"Too many args in variable function");
-    error->all(FLERR,"Too many args in variable function");
   return narg;
 }
 
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+   find next comma in str
+   skip commas inside one or more nested parenthesis
+   only return ptr to comma at level 0, else nullptr if not found
+------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+char *Variable::find_next_comma(char *str)
+{
+  int level = 0;
+  for (char *p = str; *p; ++p) {
+    if ('(' == *p) level++;
+    else if (')' == *p) level--;
+    else if (',' == *p && !level) return p;
+  }
+  return nullptr;
+}
+
+
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    helper routine for printing variable name with error message
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */

src/variable.h

@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ class Variable : protected Pointers {
                       Tree **, Tree **, int &, double *, int &);
   int is_atom_vector(char *);
   void atom_vector(char *, Tree **, Tree **, int &);
-  int parse_args(const std::string &, char **);
+  int parse_args(char *, char **);
+  char *find_next_comma(char *);
   void print_var_error(const std::string &, int, const std::string &,
                        int, int global=1);
   void print_tree(Tree *, int);

unittest/commands/test_variables.cpp

@@ -334,8 +334,9 @@ TEST_F(VariableTest, Functions)
     file_vars();
 
     BEGIN_HIDE_OUTPUT();
+    command("variable seed   index     643532");
     command("variable one    index     1");
-    command("variable two    equal     random(1,2,643532)");
+    command("variable two    equal     random(1,2,v_seed)");
     command("variable three  equal     atan2(v_one,1)");
     command("variable four   equal     atan2()");
     command("variable five   equal     sqrt(v_one+v_one)");
@@ -346,6 +347,7 @@ TEST_F(VariableTest, Functions)
     command("variable ten    equal     floor(1.85)+ceil(1.85)");
     command("variable ten1   equal     tan(v_eight/2.0)");
     command("variable ten2   equal     asin(-1.0)+acos(0.0)");
+    command("variable ten3   equal     floor(100*random(0.2,0.8,v_seed)+1)");
     END_HIDE_OUTPUT();
 
     ASSERT_GT(variable->compute_equal(variable->find("two")), 0.99);
@@ -357,7 +359,8 @@ TEST_F(VariableTest, Functions)
     ASSERT_DOUBLE_EQ(variable->compute_equal(variable->find("nine")), 1);
     ASSERT_DOUBLE_EQ(variable->compute_equal(variable->find("ten")), 3);
     ASSERT_FLOAT_EQ(variable->compute_equal(variable->find("ten1")), 1);
-    ASSERT_DOUBLE_EQ(variable->compute_equal(variable->find("ten2")), 0);
+    ASSERT_GT(variable->compute_equal(variable->find("ten3")), 19);
+    ASSERT_LT(variable->compute_equal(variable->find("ten3")), 81);
 
     TEST_FAILURE(".*ERROR: Variable four: Invalid syntax in variable formula.*",
                  command("print \"${four}\""););