ATL / WTL / STL

CComPtr<IHTMLTxtRange> spHTMLTxtRange;
m_pHTMLBody->createTextRange(&spHTMLTxtRange);

spHTMLTxtRange->collapse(VARIANT_TRUE);
long x,y;
pEvent->get_clientX(&x);
pEvent->get_clientY(&y);

spHTMLTxtRange->moveToPoint(x,y);
spHTMLTxtRange->expand(CComBSTR("word"),&vtBool);

spHTMLTxtRange->get_text(&bstrText);

#include < string >
#include < iostream > 
#include < list >
using namespace std;

class c
{
    list< string > l_;
public:
    c()
    {
        l_.push_back("test");
        l_.push_back("me");
    }

    string operator [] (unsigned int i) 
    {
        list< string >::iterator it = l_.begin();
        while (i-- != 0)
            it++;
        return *it;
    }
};

int main()
{
    c c;
    cout << c[0] << endl;
    return 0;
}

string operator [] (unsigned int i)
 {
 list<string>::iterator it = l_.begin();
 advance(it, i);
 return *it;
 }