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

void separateInput(char *inputString, int IDArray[], char *outputString);

int main()
{
   int IDArray[3];
   char data[90] = "bla";

   separateInput("123:433:oifenso:ifoes933", IDArray, data);

   printf("test:\nMessage ID %d\nPacket ID %d\nData %s\n", IDArray[0], IDArray[1], data);

}

void separateInput(char *inputString, int IDArray[], char *outputString)
{
   char * pointchar;
   int pointint;
   char string1[98];
   int messageid;
   int packetID;
   char data[90];
   char tmp[3];

   strcpy(string1, inputString);

//Find first occurrence of :
   pointchar = strchr(string1, ':');
   pointint = pointchar -string1+1;
   
//copy to messageID
   strncpy(tmp, string1, pointchar-string1);
   tmp[pointchar-string1] = '\0';
   messageid = atoi(tmp);
   
//Remove message ID from line.
   strcpy(string1, (string1 + sizeof(char)*pointint));

//Find the next occurrence of :
   pointchar = strchr(string1, ':');
   pointint = pointchar -string1+1;

//Copy to packetID
   strncpy(tmp, string1, pointchar-string1);
   tmp[pointchar-string1] = '\0';
   packetID = atoi(tmp);

//Remove packetID from message.
   strcpy(data, (string2 + pointint));
//  data = (char *)&string1;
  printf("bla %s\n", data);

  

/* Populate the output */
   IDArray[0] = messageid;
   IDArray[1] = packetID;
   outputString = data;
}