using System; public class Test { public static void Main() { String _message = "this is my long message which needs to be split in to two string after 160 characters. This is a long message. This is a long message. This is a long message. This is a long message. This is a long message."; Console.WriteLine("Part 1: {0}",_message.Substring(0,160)); Console.WriteLine("rest of message: {0}",_message.Substring(160)); } }