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Private Function StripDelimitedItem(startStrg As String, _
delimiter As String) As String
'take string separated by delimiter,
'split off one item, and shorten
'so next item is ready for removal
Dim pos As Long
pos = InStr(1, startStrg, delimiter)
If pos Then
StripDelimitedItem = Mid$(startStrg, 1, pos - 1)
startStrg = Mid$(startStrg, pos + 1, Len(startStrg))
Else
StripDelimitedItem = startStrg
startStrg = ""
End If
End Function
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