file searching

Hello,

I am writing a program in VB6 in which I need to open a text file and search for and words contained in brackets like this: <word>. As each word is found, I need to put the word into a string variable array for later use. Any code or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

i can't give u much help but search for str function in the help section of vb ... i think it allows u to search for a character in a string ... if not then then look for the split function

Code:

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dim buffer as string,arr() as string,x as long
open file for binary as 1
  buffer=space(lof(1))
  get#1,,buffer
close1
buffer=left(buffer,instr(buffer,"<")+1)
arr=split(buffer,"<")
for x=0 to ubound(arr)
  arr(x)=left(arr(x),instr(buffer,">")-1)
next x

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