Hi all,



I have a string returned such as:



"<A HREF="attdown.asp?Folder=Inbox&attIndex=1&MsgID=00000">file 1</a> <a 

HREF="attdown.asp?Folder=SentItems&attIndex=2&MsgID=0202020">file 2</a>"



I want to clear the <A HREF> tags out of it.



I have used

myString = Replace(myString, "</a>", "")



to get rid of the closing tags but as the link url is different for each 

link and will be different each time the page is loaded how can i get rid 

of the opening tag? Do i need to use the RegExp object and if so how do i 

define the pattern that needs to be got rid of?



Thanks in advance,



Nick

try the Instr function



details at http://www.cisdept.csupomona.edu/hwang/cis451/vbs/105.htm



regards

Lou



-----Original Message-----

From: nick [mailto:nick@i...]

Sent: 28 September 2001 13:21

To: ASP Web HowTo

Subject: [asp_web_howto] parsing <a href> tags out of a string





Hi all,



I have a string returned such as:



"<A HREF="attdown.asp?Folder=Inbox&attIndex=1&MsgID=00000">file 1</a> <a 

HREF="attdown.asp?Folder=SentItems&attIndex=2&MsgID=0202020">file 2</a>"



I want to clear the <A HREF> tags out of it.



I have used

myString = Replace(myString, "</a>", "")



to get rid of the closing tags but as the link url is different for each 

link and will be different each time the page is loaded how can i get rid 

of the opening tag? Do i need to use the RegExp object and if so how do i 

define the pattern that needs to be got rid of?



Thanks in advance,



Nick

I can use the Instr position to get the "<a href="attdown.asp?folder=" 

portion of the link tag but how do i use Instr to find the next occurence 

of "">"



If i search for ">" then this might occur in the string before the "<a 

href" position

try using the "start" option - you can search after the first occurrence of

"<ahref"



-----Original Message-----

From: nick [mailto:nick@i...]

Sent: 28 September 2001 14:24

To: ASP Web HowTo

Subject: [asp_web_howto] RE: parsing <a href> tags out of a string





I can use the Instr position to get the "<a href="attdown.asp?folder=" 

portion of the link tag but how do i use Instr to find the next occurence 

of "">"



If i search for ">" then this might occur in the string before the "<a 

href" position