void PluckField( char *str, char *dest, const char *delim, int part )
{
char *endpos;
char *startpos=str;
char *origstr=new char[strlen(str)];

strcpy(origstr, str); // save original string

if (!strlen(delim)) { strcpy(dest, str); return; }

for( int i=1; i {
str=strstr(str, delim);

if(str==NULL)
{
// passed end of string
strcpy(startpos, origstr);
strcpy(dest, origstr);
return;
}

memcpy(str, &str[strlen(delim)], strlen(str)); // remove delim char
}

// find endposition of field
endpos=strstr(str, delim);

memset(dest, 0, sizeof(dest));

if( endpos==NULL )
strcpy(dest, str); // last field in string
else
memcpy(dest, str, endpos-str);

// restore original buffer
strcpy(startpos, origstr);

delete[] origstr;
}