Thanks guy. Ending up using listtoarray Brian Knott
ext 53954 Ph (07)3135 3954 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Mandel Sent: Tuesday, 18 August 2009 2:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Stripping out characters oh, well if you want that, that is even easier. split = line.split(";#"); name1 = split[2]; name2 = split[4]; Done. Mark On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Mark Mandel <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Is this the only string, or is there more? Does the position of 'Brian Knott' change, or is it always after the first ;# ? Easiest way in my mind - delim = ";#"; split = line.split(delim); newline = split[1] & delim & split[3] & delim & split[4] But it kinda depends what you are doing. Mark On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 1:51 PM, KNOTT, Brian <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Guys what's the easiest way to strip the names out of the following string. I was thinking of just removing the names between the #'s and then working with the last #. 2879;#Brian Knott;#2549;#Mr Happy Thanks Brian Knott Software Engineer (COGNOS Developer) | MIS Front End | Banking & Life MIS ext 53954 Ph (07)3135 3954 ________________________________ This e-mail is sent by Suncorp-Metway Limited ABN 66 010 831 722 or one of its related entities "Suncorp". Suncorp may be contacted at Level 18, 36 Wickham Terrace, Brisbane or on 13 11 55 or at suncorp.com.au<http://suncorp.com.au>. The content of this e-mail is the view of the sender or stated author and does not necessarily reflect the view of Suncorp. The content, including attachments, is a confidential communication between Suncorp and the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, disclosure or copying of this e-mail, including attachments, is unauthorised and expressly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the sender immediately and delete the e-mail and any attachments from your system. If this e-mail constitutes a commercial message of a type that you no longer wish to receive please reply to this e-mail by typing Unsubscribe in the subject line. -- E: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> T: http://www.twitter.com/neurotic W: www.compoundtheory.com<http://www.compoundtheory.com> -- E: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> T: http://www.twitter.com/neurotic W: www.compoundtheory.com<http://www.compoundtheory.com> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
