Dear Rooters In order to extract variables from "const char *varlist", with e.g. varlist = "x:y:z:a", I have created the following function to get: TString var1 = SubString("x:y:z:a", ":", 1); TString var2 = SubString("x:y:z:a", ":", 2); //------------------------- TString SubString(const char *name, const char *sep, Int_t n) { // Extract substring from name at separator number n TString outname = TString(name); char *tmpname = new char[strlen(name) + 1]; Int_t idx = 0; tmpname = strtok(strcpy(tmpname,name),sep); while(tmpname) { outname = tmpname; if (idx == n) break; tmpname = strtok(NULL,sep); idx++; }//while delete [] tmpname; //<======== Problem return outname; }//SubString //------------------------ However, often, I get the following error: *** malloc[416]: Deallocation of a pointer not malloced: 0x1b2d565; This could be a double free(), or free() called with the middle of an allocated block; Try setting environment variable MallocHelp to see tools to help debug Can you tell me if I have to delete tmpname or not? Does the TString class offer me a better way? Thank you in advance for your help. Best regards Christian _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ C.h.i.s.t.i.a.n S.t.r.a.t.o.w.a V.i.e.n.n.a A.u.s.t.r.i.a _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
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