NthField

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NthField splits the passed string aString into fields as defined by the value of the separator parameter, then returns the field at position index. The index parameter is 1-based. Splitting into fields respects encodings. For splitting that ignores encodings, use NthFieldB. if the index is less than 1 or greater than the value returned by CountFields), NthField returns ""; it does not raise an OutOfBoundsException.

Contents 1 Prototype 2 Discussion 3 Sample Code 4 See also

[edit] Prototype

Function NthField(aString as String, separator as String, index as Integer) as String

[edit] Discussion

NthField starts anew each time it is called. Thus, using it in a loop to extract fields can be quite slow. Instead you should use Split, which returns all fields in an array.

[edit] Sample Code

In this bit of sample code, NthField returns the value "Cupertino".

return NthField("1 Infinite Loop,Cupertino, CA, 95014", ",", 2)

[edit] See also

• CountFields method
• Split method