on stripExten str all = str.length some = all-4 return str.char[1..some] end
then use put stripExten("[EMAIL PROTECTED]") -- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" hth -Buzz At 6:02 PM +0000 3/8/02, you wrote: >Hi all, desperate for help. > >Ive got an email address combined with an extention ".txt" >Ie: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >how do I parse this to STIP the ".TXT" off. > >Thanx.... >Ive been sat here hours.. > >JAYP > > > > > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go >to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the >list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email >[EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with >programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]