Re: HTML string get length

On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:06:09 -0000, "Tony Proctor"
<tony_proctor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Here's a very simple function to do that David. It copes with arbitrary HTML
>(and even XML), and doesn't use Regular Expressions and stuff
>
>Private Function lLenHTML(sHTML As String) As Long
> lLenHTML = Len(Join(Filter(Split(Replace(Replace(sHTML, "<", "<" &
>Chr(1)), ">", "<"), "<"), Chr(1), False), ""))
>End Function
>
Bloody hell, this is shades of The Exorcist.
Rick is possessing Tony ? ;-)

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Regards, Frank
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