#include <iostream.h>
#include <string>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void)
{
	int nDay, nMonth, nYear;        // The numbers, as integers
	string sDay, sMonth, sYear;	// The numbers, as strings
	string sDate = "01/02/1999";	// The source string

	// Break the string up in to chunks.
	//
	// string.substr() extracts a substring from the main string.  The
	// first parameter is where in the string to start (the first 
	// character is at position 0).  The second parameter is how many 
	// characters to extract.
	sDay = sDate.substr(0, 2);
	sMonth = sDate.substr(3, 2);
	sYear = sDate.substr(6, 4);

	// Convert the substrings in to numbers using atoi().  atoi() 
	// handles C style strings, which can be retrieved using the 
	// string.c_str() method.
	nDay = atoi(sDay.c_str());
	nMonth = atoi(sMonth.c_str());
	nYear = atoi(sYear.c_str());

	// This could be done without the temporary variables by doing this:
	//
	// nDay = atoi(sDate.substr(0, 2).c_str());
	// nMonth = atoi(sDate.substr(3, 2).c_str());
	// nYear = atoi(sYear.substr(6, 4).c_str());
	//
	// instead.

	// Output the results as numbers.  Note that the leading zeroes have
	// disappeared.
	cout << 
	    "Day: " << nDay << " " <<
	    "Month: " << nMonth << " " <<
	    " Year: " << nYear << "\n";

	// Output the substrings.  Note that the leading zeroes are here.
	cout <<
	    "Day: " << sDay << " " <<
	    "Month: " << sMonth << " " <<
	    "Year: " << sYear << "\n";
}