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Parsing/Extracting string

Hello,

I have this string:

Dim strFileLine As String

strFileLine = "0&²uŽfÏ¦Ù ª bÎlÎ @¤ÐÒãÒ—ð É^¨P O L Y M P U S âdss 4692 þÿÿÿÿÿ040629115015040629115019000004ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ, ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿj ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ ÿ "

Yeah I know it's dirty. I need to extract the numbers 4692 from "O L Y M P U S âdss 4692"
And also:

040629115015040629115019000004

Any ideas?

Chris

David Lee

If the strings you want are always in the same position, then open the file in binary mode, read in the areas you want as byte fields, then use the CHR() function to convert them back to characters.

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ASKER

The file opens in binary but not all the way, it only gives me: 0&²uŽfÏ¦Ù ª bÎl (the first few characters)

I had to do it another way. But yeah the things i want to extract are all in the same position.
Do you have an example after the file is read?

Chris

PePi

for 4692

debug.print Mid(strFileLine, InStr(strFileLine, "4692", 4)

for

debug.print Mid(strFileLine, InStr(strFileLine, "040629115015040629115019000004", 30)

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ASKER

PePi,

4692 might be a different ID number, can that "pickup" 4 numbers?

for

040629115015040629115019000004 same thing (Can it "pickup" just those numbers? and not necessarily "040629115015040629115019000004")???

chris

PePi

sorry, i did not understand the problem properly.

are these values in the same position all the time? and is the length fixed?

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ASKER

yes for both :) IT's ok my fault for not explaining too well

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