I know some might consider it cheating but if you use Craig Boyd's regexp.fll, you can do it like this:
SET LIBRARY TO regexp.fll ADDITIVE m.texttoparse="Apples [some text]; oranges [some more text]; bananas [more text];" m.results=RegExp(m.texttoparse,"(\[[^\]]+\])",1,"") ?m.results Thanks for doing the hard part, Ed... <g> Ed Leafe wrote: > Well, it would be just as simple in any language with native support > for regular expressions, but... yeah. > > -- Ed Leafe > -- Richard Kaye Vice President Artfact/RFC Systems Voice: 617.219.1038 Fax: 617.219.1001 For the fastest response time, please send your support queries to: Technical Support - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet Support - [EMAIL PROTECTED] All Other Requests - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- This message has been checked for viruses before sending. --------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

