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    How to pull two strings from a cell, when a specific template is used.

    I'm struggling with the scenario below...



    A certain cell on a spreadsheet uses the following format
    "<* Description: Text I want>< Date:MM/DD/YYYY *>"
    I'm sick as a dog and trying to figure this out, but every approach I've taken just seems backwards and doesn't seem to work. I've tried pulling everything after the first : and before the first >... I don't know I feel like I'm going after this the wrong way. Any suggestions?


    This is the result I'm looking for.

    DescText = "Text I want"
    DateNeeded = "MM/DD/YYYY"
    If I can get this, I can then dump those variables where they are needed.

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    I = instr(cell,">")
    STxt=mid(cell,17,I-1)
    vDate=mid(cell,len(cell)-10,10)

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