>I'm gonna convert it to an int.
>
>There will always be a number in this position.
>
>
>>>

string s = "+OK 1 2729"

>>>
>>>How do I parse the '1' from the above string?
>>
>>What do you want to do with it? Remove it? Obtain the value that is always in that space?

I'm assuming the string will always be the same length, or at least the character in question will always be in position 5. I'll also assume the character will always been one character.

This is in VB:

        Dim test As String
        Dim result As Integer

        test = "+OK 1 2729"

        If Integer.TryParse(test.Substring(4, 1), result) = True Then
            'result now contains the integer
            MsgBox(result.ToString)
        Else
            'value could not be converted
        End If