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Before ( text ; searchString ; occurrence ; include_1 )

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Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
http://www.1-more-thing.com

extracts text before search string

Sample Input:
Before ("jim@aol.com" ; "@" ; 1 )
Before ("aa:bb:cc" ; ":" ; -1 )
Before ("a¶b¶" ; ¶ ; -1)
Sample Output:
jim

aa:bb

a¶b


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Description:

Before ( text ; searchString ; occurrence ; include_1 )

by Fabrice Nordmann
v.2, Mar 2007
v.1, Jan 2007

v2 adds inclusion boolean parameter.

extracts the beginning of a text, based on a search string and an occurrence number
occurrence can be positive (starting from the beginning of the text) or negative (starting from the end)

see also After, Between, and BetweenNext functions

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