diff --git a/JString.h b/JString.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df5561b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/JString.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#ifndef __JString_h__
+#define __JString_h__
+
+#include "MString.h"
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+
+namespace coreutils {
+
+   ///
+   /// Use the JString object when you need a JSON interface to C++. JString uses
+   /// an MString to store a JSON string representing the object(s) contained.
+   /// The [] operator is overriden from the ZString and provides a method to
+   /// access the objects elements using a named path as the index to the items.  
+   ///
+
+   class JString : public MString {
+
+    public:
+
+      MString & operator[](char *key);
+
+      MString & operator[](ZString &key);
+
+      MString & operator[](std::string key);
+      
+   };
+
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/MString.cpp b/MString.cpp
index e7043f0..55cbd46 100644
--- a/MString.cpp
+++ b/MString.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "Log.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <iomanip>
+#include <cstring>
 
 namespace coreutils {
 
@@ -139,6 +140,44 @@ namespace coreutils {
       return *this;
    }
 
+   void MString::insert(char ch, int offset) {
+      setSize(length + 1); 
+      for(int ix = length; ix >= offset; ix--) 
+	getData()[ix + 1] = getData()[ix]; 
+      data[offset] = ch;
+   }
+   
+   void MString::insert(ZString &value, int offset) {
+      setSize(length + value.getLength());
+      for(int ix = length; ix >= offset; ix--) 
+	getData()[ix + value.getLength()] = getData()[ix]; 
+      std::memcpy(data + offset, value.getData(), value.getLength());
+   }
+   
+   void MString::insert(std::string value, int offset) {
+      setSize(length + value.size());
+      for(int ix = length; ix >= offset; ix--) 
+	getData()[ix + value.size()] = getData()[ix]; 
+      std::memcpy(data + offset, value.c_str(), value.size());
+   }
+   
+   void MString::replace(char ch, int offset) {
+      
+   }
+   
+   void MString::replace(ZString &value, int offset) {
+   }
+   
+   void MString::replace(std::string value, int offset) {
+   }
+   
+   void MString::remove(int offset, int length) {
+//      (data + this->length) > (data + offset + length) ? length: length; // TODO: Need to calculate correct length.
+      for(int ix = offset; ix < this->length; ix++) 
+	getData()[ix] = getData()[ix + length]; 
+      setSize(this->length - length);
+   }
+   
    MString& MString::write(char ch) {
       setSize(length + 1);
       *(data + length - 1) = ch;
diff --git a/MString.h b/MString.h
index ea334fd..24b1a88 100644
--- a/MString.h
+++ b/MString.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace coreutils {
       MString(const char *data);
 
       ///
-      /// Consructor providing the initial setup of the ZString object.
+      /// Consructor providing the initial setup of the MString object.
       ///
 
       MString(char *data, size_t length);
@@ -104,6 +104,28 @@ namespace coreutils {
       ///
       ///
 
+      void insert(char ch, int offset);
+      void insert(ZString &value, int offset);
+      void insert(std::string value, int offset);
+
+      ///
+      ///
+      ///
+
+      void replace(char ch, int offset);
+      void replace(ZString &value, int offset);
+      void replace(std::string value, int offset);
+
+      ///
+      ///
+      ///
+
+      void remove(int offset, int length);
+      
+      ///
+      ///
+      ///
+
       MString& write(char ch);
 
       ///
diff --git a/testing/mstring_test b/testing/mstring_test
index 422aee4..2590637 100755
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diff --git a/testing/mstring_test.cpp b/testing/mstring_test.cpp
index e499d0a..3306e55 100644
--- a/testing/mstring_test.cpp
+++ b/testing/mstring_test.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    test6 << "Will this work? " << number << test4 << " See how this works.";
    std::cout << "streaming: [" << test6 << "]." << std::endl;   
 
+   coreutils::MString test9("XXXXXXXXXYYYYYYYYYY");
+   std::cout << "test insert: " << test9 << std::endl;      
+   coreutils::MString test8("zzz");
+   test9.insert(test8, 9);
+   std::cout << "inserting: " << test9 << std::endl;
+   test9.insert("aaaaa", 9);
+   std::cout << "inserting: " << test9 << std::endl;
+   test9.remove(10, 7);
+   std::cout << "removing: " << test9 << std::endl;
+   
    return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/testing/zstring_test b/testing/zstring_test
index c2d7ff6..f886d29 100755
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