#include <iostream>
#include <string>
int main() {
std::string str = "C++ is a general-purpose programming language";
auto start = 7;
auto end = 16;
// string substr (size_t pos = 0, size_t len = npos) const;
auto sub = str.substr(start, end - start);
std::cout << sub;
}
/*
run:
a general
*/