>>Is there a way to find the same part of two delimeted strings? Example:
>>String 1 SDE,MJS,NYE
>>String 2 33,45,25
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>>I need to find the second part of both strings because they go together.
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>If you are using VFP 7 try the STREXTRACT() function. If you can be sure of your delimiters.

STREXTRACT() would require special case handling for the first pair, wouldn't it? It has no way to select a partial string unless it begins with a delimiter - or am I missing something?

[UPDATE] sorry, of course, it should be easy to insert a delimiter at the beginning...