Left Split

[Guest]

Is there a function that allows you to do a left split, or equivalent, on
data up to a space rather than upto a specified number of characters?

ie A234 BFG, the space can be in different positions so specifying the
number of characters wouldn't work.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Alan

 

[Guest]

What you're is the "Split" function. It parses a string based on the
delimiter you specify, and returns an zero-based array of strings.

'==========================
Public Function UseSplit()

Dim arrParsedString() As String

arrParsedString = Split("A234 BFG", " ")

MsgBox arrParsedString(0) 'Show a message box with the message "A234"
MsgBox arrParsedString(1)'Show a message box with the message "BFG"

End Function
'==========================

Hope that helps!

DBS (David Staas)

 

[Brendan Reynolds]

? Left$("A234 BFG",InStr(1,"A234 BFG", " ")-1)
A234

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