Format string help

[Aaron]

I need some help with formatting this string.

Input: asfbsdfsd<time>June 12, 2003</time>blah blah

I need to filter out everything outside the tags. so the output would be.

output:June 12, 2003

can someone help me write a function?


thanks in advance

Aaron

 

[Cor]

Aaron,
I do not know if you mean this or another solution.
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Dim a As String = "Input: asfbsdfsd<time>June 12, 2003</time>blah blah"
Dim result As String = a.Substring(a.IndexOf("<time>") + 6,
(a.IndexOf("</time>") - a.IndexOf("<time>") - 6))
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Cor

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Hello,

Input: asfbsdfsd<time>June 12, 2003</time>blah blah

I need to filter out everything outside the tags. so the output would be.

output:June 12, 2003

Check the regular expressions chapter of the documentation.

Regards,
Herfried K. Wagner