#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

#define LEN 25

int main(void) {

  char str[] = "The Aalborg University basis year";
  char target[25];
  int i; 

  for(i = 0; i < LEN; i++) target[i] = '\0';  

  strncpy(target, str+4, 18);

  printf("The substring is: %s\nLength: %i\n",
          target, strlen(target));
  
  return 0;
}