how to isolate a string within a strinig
I have this string
<META name="Category_Id" content="01">
that i store in variable strLineOfText
i was wondering what is the best to isolate the 01 part
i need to append this to a querystring.. (the number varies in length..ie 5624 or 1 etc..
i was able to do it but I hope to find a more efficient way of doing this.
here is my method that I use right now
Code:
' from a file i get
strLineOfText = objTS.ReadLine
str1 = InStr(1,strLineOfText,"Category_Id",1)
if str1 <> 0 then
str2 = InStr(1,strLineOfText,"content=",1)
if str2 <> 0 then
idNum = Mid(strLineOfText,35,Len(strLineOfText)-36)
end if
end if
' then i append variable idNum to my path...
first i need to see if i have the right line and i do that by
looking for substring ,"Category_Id"
then i isolate the number part..
the string will always be the same until the number part
that's why i start at 35
it this the right way of doing this?
what can i do to make this better?
bsw