Re: Obtaining a value from within a string using CL -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: Re: Obtaining a value from within a string using CL
From: PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 19:57:41 -0400
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Just to be safe--

Scan from the left and save the pointer when you find a / character. Scan the entire string; that way you'll find the -last- /! One space to the right of the last / is your start-of-string.

Then scan from the -right- and find the first delimiter (. or , or whatever). One more space to the left is your end-of-string.

That eliminates any issues with names.with.extra.dots.

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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