Need help with a string to array function

[mexicanbean]

Im looking for a string function similar to split, i need to find text within a string and store it in an array...

For example..

Useless text i dont need
[start]this is the text i need to find and store[finish]
useless text i dont need
[start]store and find this too[finish]
useless text...

so locate all text within the [start] and [finish] and add it into an array.
so the above string would produce

array[0]=this is the text i need to find and store;
array[1]=store and find this too;

Is there such a function?

Thanks.

[Nig 13]

Nope, no such functions exists, but why not create your own ?

Since you can't directly use ENTERs (or linebreaks) in Flash, I've replaced them with \n, which is the same only with code.

myString = "Useless text i dont need\n[start]this is the text i need to find and store[finish]\nuseless text i dont need\n[start]store and find this too[finish]";
myArray = new Array();

stringToArray(myString, myArray, "[start]", "[finish]");

trace(myArray);

///// THE FUNCTION /////

function stringToArray(string, array, startText, endText){
    var theString = string;
    var i = 0;
    
    extractInfo();
    
    function extractInfo(){
        if(theString.indexOf(startText) != -1){
            array[i] = theString.substring(theString.indexOf(startText)+startText.length, theString.indexOf(endText));
            theString = theString.substring(theString.indexOf(endText)+endText.length, theString.length);
            i++;
            extractInfo();
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }
}

////////////////////