Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 18:25:58 +0700 From: Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost> Message-ID: <28754.1700306758%jacaranda.noi.kre.to@localhost> | one way to do that might be | if (sp2 = strchr(str, ']')) And in that, sp2 isn't needed, just use sp instead, leading to sp = strchr(sp, ':'); (etc). kre