spliting a char string without using token

[jp071]

Hi, I want to split a char string.

We can use “strtok” function for split a string by using token. But in my problem, there is no specific separation/token between each value. The data directly come from an external device through the serial port. I used “ReadFile” function to read and buffer data from serial port. Finally I print buffer to display data. But my data is not correct format. That is like below.

<<CC>314.41778E-22.93253E+13.39812E+20.00000E+00.00000E+01.00000E+01.00000E+02.74760E-10.00000E+03.20000E+10.00000E+00.00000E+00.00000E+01.00000E+01.00000E+01.00000E+00.00000E+03.20000E+10.00000E+00.00000E+00.00000E+01.00000E+01.00000E+01.00000E+02.96000E+22.96000E+20.00000E+0256104.66418E-22.96000E+21.02300E+01.61743E+0-4.88280E-3-3.97245E-22.47061E+03.23730E+14.99510E+19.88542E-1-1.22070E-220101CD2B<E>>

I think, "ReadFile" function capture and buffer all data at one time, which come to serial port. If I could capture, buffer and display one by one, then may possible to separate each value. But I don´t know how to do it. Or may be I am wrong.
Actually, I want to convert it as like below format:
<<CC>
31
4.41778E-2
2.93253E+1
3.39812E+2
0.00000E+0
0.00000E+0
1.00000E+0
1.00000E+0
2.74760E-1
0.00000E+0
3.20000E+1
0.00000E+0
0.00000E+0
0.00000E+0
1.00000E+0
1.00000E+0
1.00000E+0
0.00000E+0
3.20000E+1
0.00000E+0
0.00000E+0
0.00000E+0
1.00000E+0
1.00000E+0
1.00000E+0
2.96000E+2
2.96000E+2
0.00000E+0
256
1
0
4.66418E-2
2.96000E+2
1.02300E+0
1.61743E+0
-4.88280E-3
-3.97245E-2
2.47061E+0
3.23730E+1
4.99510E+1
9.88542E-1
-1.22070E-2
2
0
101
CD2B<E>>

Anybody could give me some idea, how can I split the string.
Notes: I’m using MS Visual Studio 2008.

Thanks

[iamthwee]

there is no specific separation/token between each value. The data directly come from an external device through the serial port.

Bingo, without a delimiter you're basically fubar'd

[William Hemsworth]

Yeh, it wont work. For example in the very first part, you want to change this:
314.41778E-2 to 31 and 4.41778E-2
However it could also be:
3 and 14.41778E-2 or just 314.41778E-2

So AFAIK, it's impossible unless you have have some way of knowing where the number starts or ends.

[jp071]

So, you told, it is not possible to split as my requirement. is it possible to separate when it retrieve data from serial port (when it call "ReadFile" function)?

[iamthwee]

There's only one way you're gonna get this to work.

And that is to get your hardware device to spit out the data with a delimiter.

How you do that is irrelevant in terms of c/c++.