any way to 'split' a variable?

[ratacat 0]

I know this can be done in c...but I haven't come up with any good way to do it in au3. ANy suggestions would be helpful?

[herewasplato 0]

StringLeft and StringRight might do for your simple example.

More complex string management will require more complex solutions.

$result = StringLeft("bc12", 2)
MsgBox(0, "Leftmost 2 characters are:", $result)