Have you looked at split()?

HTH
Jeff
>In VFP, I have a function GetParm() which returns a parameter from a list of specific items delimited by a character, which defaults to the comma. So, the function is like this:
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>

>* Return a parameter value from a list
>* expC1 Parameter list
>* expN1 Parameter number
>* expC2 Delimiter (default is the comma)
>FUNCTION GetParm
>PARAMETERS tcParms,tnNo,tcDelimiter
>LOCAL lcDelimiter,lnBPos,lnEPos
>IF TYPE('tcDelimiter')<>'C'
>   lcDelimiter=','
>   ELSE
>   lcDelimiter=tcDelimiter
>ENDIF
>lnBPos=AT(lcDelimiter,lcDelimiter+tcParms+lcDelimiter,tnNo)
>lnEPos=AT(lcDelimiter,lcDelimiter+tcParms+lcDelimiter,tnNo+1)
>RETURN SUBSTR(tcParms,lnBPos,lnEPos-lnBPos-1)
>

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>I was able to benefit of the AT() capability of locating the parameter after a specific number of occurences of the delimiter.
>
>For example, the list of parameters could be like this:
>
>lcParms=",,Test,,,,Test2"
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>In VB.NET, the INSTR() doesn't have the capability of locating the parameter after a specific number of occurences of the delimiter. So far, I haven't been able to convert that function successfully in .NET to obtain the same thing.
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>Note that in that particular example, GetParm(lcParms,1) should return "". GetParm(lcParms,2) should return "". GetParm(lcParms,3) should return "Test". So, when there is no parameter, a blank should be returned.
>
>Anyone could provide an equivalent in .NET that would accomplish the same?