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nthField ( field ; delimiter ; occurrence )

Get the nth field from a string with a given delimiter.

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Let ( [ start = If ( occurrence = 1 ; 0 ; Position( field ; delimiter ; 0 ; occurrence - 1 ) + 1 ) ; end = Case ( occurrence = 1 ; Position ( field ; delimiter ; 0 ; occurrence ) - 1 ; occurrence = PatternCount ( field ; delimiter ) + 1 ; Length ( field ) + 1 ; Position ( field ; delimiter ; 0 ; occurrence ) ) ] ; Middle ( field ; start ; Length ( field ) - start - ( Length ( field ) - end ) ) ) Click to copy

Get the nth field from a string with a given delimiter.

 

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		Todd, TN Aug 1, 2014
Doesn't work if no delimiter in field and occurrence is 1, returns a blank string. Ex nthField ( "A" ; "|" ; 1 ) returns "".

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