by Prashant Sharma (4 Submissions)
Category: String Manipulation
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Sat 10th August 2002
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Implementing Split() function available in VB6 into VB5 applications.
VBcoders
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'Copy and paste this function in a module
Public Function Split(Expression As String, Optional Delimiter, Optional Limit As Long = -1, Optional Compare As VbCompareMethod = vbBinaryCompare) As Variant
Dim i As Long, j As Long, Ret() As String, s As String, idx As Long, dl As Integer
If IsMissing(Delimiter) Then Delimiter = " "
dl = Len(Delimiter)
i = 1
j = InStr(i, Expression, Delimiter, Compare)
'Loop only if needed
Do While j > 0
ReDim Preserve Ret(idx)
Ret(idx) = Mid$(Expression, i, (j - i))
If idx = Limit Then Exit Do
idx = idx + 1
i = j + dl
j = InStr(i, Expression, Delimiter, Compare)
Loop
If idx <> Limit Then
ReDim Preserve Ret(idx)
Ret(idx) = Mid$(Expression, i)
End If
Split = Ret
End Function
'The sample usage is given here, copy and paste it in a form...
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim a As Variant, b As String, i As Integer
b = "This is a sample code"
a = Split(b)
For i = 0 To UBound(a)
Debug.Print a(i)
Next i
End Sub
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