Removing characters from a textbox

[Frisco]

I got a textbox with this content in it (note, the content changes each 15 second - it never stays the same).. It follows a system even though the content change constantly -17 characters, one space, some number (it can be 0 or it can be something like 384), yet another space and the rest after it can be completely different from time to time. Here's how the textbox content might look like:

"habrufjsklimnejfu 56 fjoei fme 3 4jjrnf"

Now what I need is a code to first remove the first 18 characters, "habrufjsklimnejfu ", leaving "56 fjoei fme 3 4jjrnf". Then it will scan the remaining text ("56 and some misc. text) and find out where the first space after the first numbers are - in this case right after the "6". Then it will remove everything behind the number "6", including the space.

Leaving this text only:
"56"

How do I do that? Variables? strings..? I'm not good at variables and strings, so what I need is the complete code. And keep in mind that the text in the textbox can be something completely else the next time you run the code on it. It just follows the same pattern: 18 chars, some numbers (any number.. it can be 5 or 3984), a space and misc. characters following.

I want to get rid of the 18 chars, the space and the misc. characters (c:

Thanks in advance,
Fredrik Stai
[email protected]

[MrShickadance]

try this:

  
  Dim s_list() As String
  
  '' split a string delim. by " "
  s_list = Split(Me.txtBox.Text, " ")
  
  '' second bin or 56, zero based array
  Me.txtBox.Text = s_list(1)

[morgancj]

Try this function...

Private Function ExtractNumber(InputString As String) As Long
Dim X As Long
Dim C As String * 1
Dim Spaces As Long
Dim ExtractedString As String
Spaces = 0
X = 1
ExtractedString = ""
Do
C = Mid(InputString, X, 1)
If C >= "0" And C <= "9" Then
ExtractedString = ExtractedString & C
End If
If C = " " Then
Spaces = Spaces + 1
End If
DoEvents
X = X + 1
Loop Until Spaces = 2
ExtractNumber = Val(ExtractedString)
End Function

[MrShickadance]

My code is much more simple.

[morgancj]

It sure is shorter! Thanks, I've learned something as well.