#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
int main()
{
    char largechars[] = "def1:def2:def3#abc1:abc2:abc3#ghi1:ghi2:ghi3";
    char* chars_array = strtok(largechars, "#:");
    while(chars_array)
    {
//        MessageBox(NULL, subchar_array, NULL, NULL);
        std::cout << chars_array << '\n';
        chars_array = strtok(NULL, "#:");
    }
}