#include <string.h>

...

void Parsing::ParseCMD(int argc, char *argv[])
{
        List<int>  Ord; Ord += 0;
        int n;

        for(n=1; n<argc; n++)
        {
                if(argv[n][0] == '?') // "?abcd"[0] is '?'.
                {
                        ifstream ifs(argv[n]+1); // "?abcd"+1 is "abcd", so open filename "abcd".
                        if(!ifs.good()) error("Error including file");
                        else    ParseFile(ifs);
                } // end of code block.  ifs closes here.
                else if(strncmp(argv[n], "--", 2) == 0) // compare first 2 chars.  Will be 0 if they match.
                {
                        // strchr("--asdf=b", '=') is "=b".  If not found, it is NULL instead.
                        const char *After=strchr(argv[n], '='), *Name;
                        string Ends; // Make it a 'string' so we can use your ToUpper function

                        if(After == NULL)
                        {
                                n++; // Get the next argument
                                // If there is no next argument, quit instead of crashing!
                                if(n == argc)
                                {
                                        error("out of arguments");
                                        continue;
                                }

                                Name=argv[n];
                        }
                        else                    Name=After+1; // "=b"+1 is "b"

                        Ends=ToUpper(Name);

                        Index += ParseEl(Name, Ends, Ord);
                }
        }
}