Something

#include <stdio.h>

int main( void ) {

    char *var = "this sucks" ;
    char str0[8] ;
    char str1[8] ;

    sscanf( var, "%s %s", str0, str1 ) ;

    printf( "str0: %s\n str1: %s\n", str0, str1 ) ;

    return 0 ;
}