C/stdio.h/sscanf
sscanf: identical to scanf() except that data is from *buf
//Declaration: int sscanf(const char *buf, const char *format, ...);
//Return: the number of variables assigned.
A value of zero means that no fields were assigned.
EOF indicates an error.
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
char str[80];
int i;
sscanf("hello 1 2 3 4 5", "%s%d", str, &i);
printf("%s %d", str, i);
return 0;
}