Any reason not to just use

put numtochar(8) into tempDelim
replace <4-char-sequence> with tempDelim in tString
set the itemdelimiter to tempDelim

?

-- Peter

Peter M. Brigham
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On Dec 27, 2011, at 5:35 PM, Mark Smith wrote:

> Thanks, worked perfectly. changing the expression to "(\" & quote & "v" & "\"
> & quote & ":)" resulted in true, 422, 425 in the output. What I am
> attempting to do is define a rather complicated item delimiter, in this case
> made up of the 4 char sequence "v":  If I can define where this occurs I can
> break the input up into chunks. 
> 
> Best,
> 
> -- Mark
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