Ok, so I never really left BASIC behind me. VB6 is my main tool for whipping something up in a hurry. I'm slowly getting the hang of C/C++ but every now and then I can't figure out how to do very common stuff. Like **Mid(string,start,length)** Is there an available function for this?

#include "mbed.h"

#ifndef min
#define min(a,b) ( (a) < (b) ? (a) : (b) )
#endif

void mid(const char *src, size_t start, size_t length, char *dst, size_t dstlen)
{       size_t len = min( dstlen - 1, length);

        strncpy(dst, src + start, len);
        // zero terminate because strncpy() didn't ? 
        if(len < length)
                dst[dstlen-1] = 0;
}

int main()
{
        const char *stringSrc = "Hello World";
        char stringDst[9];

        // copy "World" to destination 
        mid( stringSrc, 6, strlen(stringSrc) - 6, stringDst, sizeof(stringDst));

        // show what we did
        printf( "src ...%s...\r\ndst ...%s...\r\n", stringSrc, stringDst);

        return 0;
}

Below is an example of what you are looking for. (I'm giving you the fish, please watch what I do and learn to fish... ;) You need to look at the standart C library strxxx functions, and you need to learn about C strings, and pointers to be effective with them! Done wrong, which is easy, they can bite you really hard when you least expect it. Good luck. <<code>> #include "mbed.h" #ifndef min #define min(a,b) ( (a) < (b) ? (a) : (b) ) #endif void mid(const char *src, size_t start, size_t length, char *dst, size_t dstlen) { size_t len = min( dstlen - 1, length); strncpy(dst, src + start, len); // zero terminate because strncpy() didn't ? if(len < length) dst[dstlen-1] = 0; } int main() { const char *stringSrc = "Hello World"; char stringDst[9]; // copy "World" to destination mid( stringSrc, 6, strlen(stringSrc) - 6, stringDst, sizeof(stringDst)); // show what we did printf( "src ...%s...\r\ndst ...%s...\r\n", stringSrc, stringDst); return 0; } <</code>>

Thanks Neal, that pretty much look like what I need. Cheers!