How can I get a word from string

Question

I have f.e. "I am working as a nurse." How Can I or which function use to get word from letter number 1 to space or to letter number 11?

So should I get " am working "

C and C++ are two different languages, especially when it comes to strings; make a choice. If C++: http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/substr/, if C: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4214314/get-a-substring-of-a-char — AusCBloke, Dec 06 '12 at 23:05
@Marcin - Have another go at writing the question. Does not make much sense. — Ed Heal, Dec 06 '12 at 23:06

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 06 '12 at 23:06

To read a word from a stream use operator>> on a string

std::stringstream  stream("I am working as a nurse.");
std::string  word;

stream >> word;  // word now holds 'I'
stream >> word;  // word now holds 'am'
stream >> word;  // word now holds 'working'
// .. etc

Joseph Mansfield · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-06T23:17:58.997

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It is not totally clear what you want, but from your example it seems like you want the substring that starts at character 1 and ends on the character 11 places later (that's 12 characters total). That means you want string::substr:

std::string str("I am working as a nurse");
std::string sub = str.substr(1,12);

edited Dec 06 '12 at 23:17

answered Dec 06 '12 at 23:09

Joseph Mansfield

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I'd think they wanted the 11th character, which is 10 later. – chris Dec 06 '12 at 23:11
@chris The result they give as an example, " am working ", starts at character 1 and ends at character 12. Actually, that would need `substr(1,12)`. Yeah, the question makes no sense. – Joseph Mansfield Dec 06 '12 at 23:14
Oops, I counted 11 before. You're right. Maybe it's supposed to finish the word it's on? – chris Dec 06 '12 at 23:15
@chris And include the next space? :D – Joseph Mansfield Dec 06 '12 at 23:16

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 06 '12 at 23:11

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char[] source = "I am working as a nurse."
char[11] dest;
strncpy(dest, &source[1], 10)

answered Dec 06 '12 at 23:11

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