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

int main(void) {
    char row[] = "11/12/1999 foo:54654 some data..... ms:12123343 hot:32";
    char *ms;
    int i;

    ms = strstr(row, "ms:");
    if (ms == NULL) /* error: no "ms:" in row */;
    if (sscanf(ms + 3, "%d", &i) != 1) /* error: invalid data */;
    printf("ms value is %d.\n", i);
    return 0;
}