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From: eachus@spectre.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus)
Subject: Re: Splitting a String into two separate parts
Date: 1996/09/05
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Date: 1996-09-05T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <50dr6o$38h@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au> dean@seahorse.fcit.monash.edu.au (Dean Thompson) writes:

 >    I know that this is a really dumb question but I need to split a string 
 >  into two parts based on the " " <space character> being the delimiter.

 >    I have a feeling that I need to use the Index_Non_Blank function but I 
 >  have been unable to get the syntax correct.

 >    I have tried both Bounded and Unbounded strings.

 >  Can anybody help me ?

    Yes.

    What you want (assuming use clauses for clarity here) is a call to
Index(Foo, To_Set(" ")), which will return the index of the first
space character.  I could put this in a program, but I'd need more
details.


					Robert I. Eachus

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