How to extract sub string value from a string?

Question

Hi,
I need to know how can i extract sub strings from a main
string, something like this:
main variable-------->"2087-5E2SE-19-JG7BC"
i want to split it into like this:
sub_main_1 variable---------> "2087"
sub_main_2 variable---------> "5E2SE"
sub_main_2 variable---------> "19"
sub_main_2 variable---------> "JG7BC"
I did the same in flash by using Split and arrays, like this:
var my_str:String = "2087-5E2SE-19-JG7BC";
var my_array:Array = my_str.split("-");
for (var i = 0; i<my_array.length; i++) {
trace(my_array
this.aaa1 = my_array[1];
this.aaa2 = my_array[2];
this.aaa3 = my_array[3];
this.aaa4 = my_array[4];
My question is that how can i do the same in director ?? i
haven't find any split function in director.
Thanks in advance,
Amir

Answer 1

You do a similar thing in Director using the itemDelimiter,
which is a
_player object property in MX2004. By default, it's a comma:
put _player.itemDelimiter
It will let you get specific items within a string.
p = "2087-5E2SE-19-JG7BC"
_player.itemDelimiter = "-"
put p.item[1]
-- "2087"
You could use it to write yourself a little split function:
on split(theString, theDelimiter)
oldDelim = _player.itemDelimiter
_player.itemDelimiter = theDelimiter
itemList = []
repeat with cnt = 1 to theString.item.count
itemList.add(theString.item[cnt])
end repeat
return itemList
end
p = "2087-5E2SE-19-JG7BC"
a = split(p, "-")
put a
-- ["2087", "5E2SE", "19", "JG7BC"]
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