That makes my toes curl reading it. Bob S
On Dec 10, 2014, at 14:19 , Geoff Canyon <gcan...@gmail.com<mailto:gcan...@gmail.com>> wrote: How about making item take an argument? put item("|") 2 to 3 of item(";") 2 of "test|this|thing;one|more|string|here;final|string" puts "more|string" _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode