rephraze ur question a bitstrsep Syntax #include char *strsep(char **stringp, char *delim); Description This function retrieves the next token from the given string, where stringp points to a variable holding, initially, the start of the string. Tokens are delimited by a character from delim. Each time the function is called, it returns a pointer to the next token, and sets *stringp to the next spot to check, or NULL. Return Value The next token, or NULL. Portability not ANSI, not POSIX Example main() { char *buf = "Hello there,stranger"; char **bp = &buf; char *tok; while (tok = strsep(bp, " ,")) printf("tok = `%s'\n", tok); } tok = `Hello' tok = `' tok = `there' tok = `stranger'