Parse a string that uses nested string delimiters

[jefska]

I’m looking for a way to parse a string that uses double quotes as the delimiter that contains a nested string with double quotes.  I want to keep the double quotes in the nested string.  Is there a function in Labview that I can use to easily do this?  Does Labview have a command line parser / interpreter?

The string example is: While match "Send Test "Sleep 5" ">""

The result string would be:  Send Test "Sleep 5" ">"

[Aitortxo]

Hi jefska:

Here you have a first try.

Hope it helps,

[tuba]

Here is another solution which is slightly faster.  Speed won't be an issue unless you are running millions at a time, as in my test the difference was only 1-2 ms in 10000 iterations.  In this image the Match Pattern function retrieves the desired string, including the outside quotes, so the String Length and String Subset functions are used to remove the first and last characters of the result.

Message Edited by tuba on 04-11-2006 10:35 PM

[jefska]

Thanks for the examples and the quick turn around on these solutions.

Jeff