trk_

'[?] "trk_tok" is supposed to turn subject into a single dimensional string array
'[?] entry 0 being the original subject
'[?] entry 1 thru ubound being the tokens from subject as separated by the "delimiter" string.
'[?] "comma" requires: const comma=","

declare sub trk_tok(subject as string="", delimiter as string=comma, tok(any) as string, section as long=1024)

declare sub striptok (subject as string="", delimiter as string=comma, skip as string="", byref buffer as string="")

sub trk_tok(subject as string="", delimiter as string=comma, tok(any) as string, section as long=1024)

    if len(delimiter)=0 or len(subject)=0 then
        redim tok(0 to 1)
        tok(0)=subject
        tok(1)=subject
        exit sub
    end if

    dim as long offset=0,count=0
    dim as string buffer
    buffer=subject

    redim tok(0 to section)
    tok(0)=subject

    do while offset<len(subject)-len(delimiter)

        buffer=right(buffer,len(buffer)-offset)
        offset=instr(1,buffer,delimiter)

        if offset=0 then
            exit do
        end if

        count+=1
        if count>ubound(tok,1) then
            redim preserve tok(0 to count+section)
        end if

        tok(count)=left(buffer,offset-1)
        offset+=len(delimiter)-1
    loop

    if len(buffer)>0 and offset=0 then
        count+=1
        if count>ubound(tok,1) then
            redim preserve tok(0 to count+section)
        end if

        tok(count)=buffer
        buffer=space(0)

    end if

    redim preserve tok(0 to count)

end sub

sub striptok (subject as string="", delimiter as string=comma, skip as string="", byref buffer as string="")
    redim as string tok()
    trk_tok subject,delimiter,tok()
    dim as integer token_index=0, buffer_index=0

    if ubound(tok,1)<1 then
        exit sub
    end if

    buffer=space(0)

    for token_index=1 to ubound(tok,1)
        if not(tok(token_index)=skip) then
            if len(buffer)>0 then
                buffer+=delimiter
            end if
            buffer+=tok(token_index)
        end if
    next token_index

end sub