Splitting on commas is nice and obvious and all, but it seems likely to be simpler to split on $string, ignore the first returned section of text (since it was before the first occurrence of $string), and then use a regex to extract the text between the first and second commas in each of the remaining sections returned by split.

Regardless of whether you split on commas or on $string, there's a potential for trouble if $string appears between a pair of commas, but I think that splitting on $string is more likely to do the Right Thing. (Can't say for sure, though, as the correct behaviour in this case isn't clearly defined in the original question.)

In reply to Re: Getting Data from Between Two Commas by dsheroh
in thread Getting Data from Between Two Commas by Dr.Avocado

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