parsing a delimited string, FAST??

[k_ride]

Hi ho!

Anyone know of a quick way, besides writing a supporting .dll in c, to parse tokens out of a string delimited by an arbitrary number of tabs and spaces?

My function uses a few replace()-functions and a split()-function to get the tokens in to an array, but when there's something like 35 000 lines in a file, the wait gets a tad boresome for the user..

[Iain17]

Time to write your own function methinks.

To get you started, here is an example of a very quick split function.

The basic principle is that you use a couple of pointer to bits of the string using InStr(), and then extarct the bit with mid$()

Need any more help, just ask.

[Paul282]

hahahhaha

I knew that Iain17 would be here advertising that function of his again!!!

It is fast though, especially on large text strings

[Iain17]

Sorry. *hangs head in shame*

I can't seem to help myself. I can't help with a lot of problems becuse i know very little (ie nothing) about API, and some of the other questions.

What i am good at is writing algorithims for people, and when you find a good one, you want everyone to know about it.

[Paul282]

I'm not too experianced with the API either, I've got a few books but not many projects that really need API, just a few little calls here and there.

just thought I'd get a plug in while were on the subject:

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