// string::substr
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main ()
{
string str="We think in generalities : but we live i:n\bdd\etails.";
// quoting Alfred N. Whitehead
string str2, str3;
size_t pos;
size_t pos1;
//str2 = str.substr (12,12); // "generalities"
pos = str.find(":"); // position of "live" in str
pos1 = str.find_last_of("/\\");
str.
str3 = str.substr (0,pos); // get from "live" to the end
str2 = str.substr (0,pos1); // get from "live" to the end
cout << str2 << ' ' << str3 << endl;
return 0;
}