RudiAhlers:
Can someone please explain to me, what to use if we shouldn't use strings? I see, in many forum posts, where people have problems they're simply being told "don't use strings", and more often than not no sample of an alternative piece of code is given for their problem so the OP in said forum thread doesn't learn anything. And, consequently other newbies don't learn anything useful either and still use strings, since most of the tutorials and forum sample code has them.
Don't expect any of the "string" advocates to fix your code using the "string" functions, most likely due to the fact that the real code issue rarely ever has to do with using Strings. If persons can't wrap their head around the real issue, or are just stumped, they can always say "praise Jesus, drink more milk, and don't use Stings". Maybe the cure..., maybe not.