Re: getting Nth position in a comma delimited string..

Thank you!

"Shane Story" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%233%23GeoHnFHA.1204@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> hazz,
>
> Why not Split them and use trim on the strings?
>
> Dim s As String = "a, b, c, d"
> MsgBox(s.Split(",")(1).Trim)
>
> HTH,
>
> Shane Story
>
>
>
> "hazz" <hazz@sonic_net> wrote in message
> news:OCaJeaHnFHA.3380@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> yes i should know this but ...
>>
>> V,-1,1,2,-1,333,5
>>
>> I would like to return the value from any position within the comma
>> delimited string
>>
>> position 1 is "v"
>> position 2 is "-1"
>> position 6 is "333"
>>
>> at first I thought I could use string.chars(n) until I realized that
>> 1. There are commas and that the spaces between the commas vary so I have
>> to use an algorithm and function(s) that look for
>> 1. the first item contained before the first comma,
>> 2 the second item contained between the first and second comma,
>> 3 the third item contained between the second and third,
>> etc.
>>
>> thank you,
>> -hazz
>>
>
>


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