Extract a part of String

Hi Experts!
    I have a database table in which there is a field 'TEXT' of data type 'STRING'.
    I need to pick up the value behind the field string.
Field string has entry in this format:-
<name1><Time-stamp1>## 'some comment' ## 'Some comment1' ##<name2><Time-stamp2>##'Some comment3'##
##-signifies the beginning of a new line.
    Now the problem is I need to pick only those values which are the latest, i.e 'some comment' & 'Some comment1'.
   or you can say the comment corresponding to the latest time stamp.
Please suggest a way out.
Help will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Regards
Sourabh

Hi
Try this code:
DATA: MY_STRING TYPE STRING.
DATA: BEGIN OF T_COMMENT OCCURS 0,
        LINE(1000),
      END   OF T_COMMENT.
DATA: LEN TYPE I.
TEXT-001 is <name1><Time-stamp1>## 'some comment'
## 'Some comment1' ##<name2><Time-stamp2>##'Some
comment3'##
MOVE TEXT-001 TO MY_STRING.
SPLIT MY_STRING AT '##' INTO TABLE T_COMMENT.
LOOP AT T_COMMENT.
CONDENSE T_COMMENT.
Check if the first character is '
IF T_COMMENT-LINE(1) = ''''.
*...if yes the line is a comment, so write the comment
    LEN = STRLEN( T_COMMENT-LINE ) - 2.
    WRITE: / T_COMMENT-LINE+1(LEN).
ENDIF.
ENDLOOP.
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