why don't you try the linux-c-programming list at Majordomo?
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Michael B Golden wrote:
> I was trying to work on a C program, but I can't figure out how
> to do some
> things. What I am looking for is a command in C similar to the mid$
> command in Visual Basic. What I need to do is take a string out of
> another
> string. I need to be able to specify the start point, and then end point.
> I also need to find a function that can look through the string, and find
> the first space (beginning where I tell it to, not the beginning), and
> return the value as an integer. Here is a sample line of input and what I
> need it to output:
>
> Input: 0 Inbox FOLD0000.FRM 443 442 1 1
> Needed Output: Inbox
>
> Does anyone know how to do this? I tried using the strstr() function to
> find the space, but I couldn't figure out how to work with the pointer it
> outputs.
>
> And Lawson, do you know what the beginning 0 and the trailing 3 numbers
> are? I know what the first one is.
>
>
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