>>>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
>>

>
>Here it is in C# (same assumptions as Mike)
>

>string s = "+OK 1 2729";
>int i;
>if (int.TryParse(s.Substring(4,1))
>{
>  MessageBox.Show(string.Format("i:{0}",i));
>}
>else
>{
>  // value could not be converted
>}
>

Einar, don't you need to pass i into the TryParse method?