BB>   The untested code does work, but could be a bit tricky to
BB>   use because of the Pascal type strings.
   You should look in SNIPPETS!
   In the meantime, have a look at this:
 /*_|_|   BAS_STR.C
 _|_|_|   Simple string handling techniques using sprintf().
 _|_|_|   No warrantees or gurantees are given or implied.
 _|_|_|   Released to   PUBLIC DOMAIN   by Kurt Kuzba.  (7/3/98)*/
#include 
#include 
#include 
char* left_s(char *S, int len)
{
   char *left = malloc(len + 1);
   if(left)
   {
      if(S && *S)
      {
         memmove(left, S, len);
         left[len] = (char)'\0';
      }
      else
      {
         free(left);
         left = NULL;
      }
   }
   return left;
}
char* right_s(char *S, int len)
{
   char *right = NULL;
   if(S && *S)
   {
      int Slen = strlen(S);
      len = (Slen < len) ? Slen : len;
      right = malloc(len + 1);
      if(right)
      {
         memmove(right, S + Slen - len, len);
         right[len] = (char)'\0';
      }
   }
   return right;
}
char* mid_s(char *S, int start, int len)
{
   char *mid = NULL;
   if(S && *S)
   {
      int Slen = strlen(S);
      len = (len > (Slen - start) || 0 == len) ? Slen - start : len;
      mid = malloc(len + 1);
      if(mid)
      {
         memmove(mid, S + start, len);
         mid[len] = (char)'\0';
      }
   }
   return mid;
}
int main(void)
{
   char original[] = "* May 19 12:34:00", *S_mid, *S_left, *S_right;
   puts("\n[][]  Examples of BASIC-type string handling in C. [][]");
   printf("\n\"%s\" <= Original string.\n",  original);
            /*  example of using left_s() */
   S_left = left_s(original, 8);
   printf("\n\"%s\" <= left(8)\n",  S_left);
   free(S_left);
            /*  example of using right_s() */
   S_right = right_s(original, 8);
   printf("\n\"%s\" <= right(8)\n", S_right);
   free(S_right);
            /*  example of using mid_s(), length defined */
   S_mid = mid_s(original, 3, 12);
   printf("\n\"%s\" <= mid(3, 12)\n",   S_mid);
   free(S_mid);
            /*  example of using mid_s(), length undefined */
   S_mid = mid_s(original, 10, 0);
   printf("\n\"%s\" <= mid(10, 0)\n", S_mid);
   free(S_mid);
   return 0;
}
 /*_|_|   end   BAS_STR.C   */

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> ] And that's all I have to say about that. [ F. Gump ]........

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