Parsing Delimited Strings

[rockies1]

I use the follwing method to parse delimited strings so I can get certain pieces:

 public static String instanceSearch(String strIn, int intInstance, String strDelimiter)
 {
  String strToReturn = "";
  StringTokenizer t = new StringTokenizer(strIn,strDelimiter);
  int intCounter = 0;
  while(t.hasMoreTokens())
  { 
   intCounter++;
   if(intCounter == intInstance)
   {
    strToReturn =  t.nextToken().toString();
    continue;
   }
   t.nextToken();
  }
  return strToReturn; 
 }//End instanceSearch

I call it using:
strBAN = instanceSearch(strLineIn,4,",");
This means I want the fourth item in the comma-delimeted string I call strLineIn.
For this string:
123,Bedon,Joe,21 ROCK PILE,NUEVO,CA,925679086,111,100.00,07/07/2005,1676268503
I would return 21 ROCK PILE

For this string:
456,,,62 RIVERSIDE PLAZA,Podunk,NM,871204306,111,81.00,06/30/2005,1675376520
I return NM

I can not figure out why it is skipping the 2 empty items after the 456.

Anyone have an idea?