by Jason Yong (1 Submission)
Category: String Manipulation
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Beginner
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(2 Votes)
This is just a simple code to find the text in a tag. like, [tag] I'm a tag![/tag]
Inputs
Text = is the string to search
StartTag = is the first part of the tag to look for. like [tag]
EndTag = Is the end tag like [/tag]
'it will return different values depending on the ReturnCode
Code Returns
if ReturnCode = 1 will return the text
2 will return where the first tag starts
3 will return where the text in the tag starts
4 will return where the tag ends
VBcoders'=================InTag Function====================
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'(C) Jason Yong 2003
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'This function will find what text is in a tag, like [b]this[/b]
'it will return different values depending on the ReturnCode
'ReturnCode = 1 will return the text
' 2 will return where the first tag starts
' 3 will return where the text in the tag starts
' 4 will return where the tag ends.
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Function InTag(Text As String, StartTag As String, EndTag As String, ReturnCode As Integer) As String
Dim t As Long
Dim r As Long
For t = 1 To Len(Text)
If Mid(Text, t, Len(StartTag)) = StartTag Then
For r = t To Len(Text)
If Mid(Text, r, Len(EndTag)) = EndTag Then
If ReturnCode = 1 Or ReturnCode = 0 Then InTag = Mid(Text, t + Len(StartTag), r - (t + Len(StartTag)))
If ReturnCode = 2 Then InTag = Str(t)
If ReturnCode = 3 Then InTag = Str(t) + Len(StartTag)
If ReturnCode = 4 Then InTag = Str(r - (t + Len(StartTag) + Len(EndTag)))
End If
Next
End If
Next
End Function
