hi board.

i'm parsing a large text file, and am wanting to get at a particular number value,
but it is saved as...

[0:00:0$ \
(( thats supposed to be a number box !? ))

... which I can only access if I parse it with...

[symbol $x <
(( thats supposed to be a message box !? ))

... I am unsure as to how I would go about trimming/parsing the values in a symbol(atom) in order to get at the final value (or final two values) of the string (is it a string ?? )

Hope that makes sense, hope somebody can point me in the right way...

xo

j

Have a look at [symbol2list] from zexy,

and .

mvh

thx pulsed. will do.

EDIT: this worked perfectly. thanks again.