I dont know if I understand what's your question.
This sample shows how you can craete a data array from a delimitted string.
Dim y As String = "Test1-Test2-Test2"
Dim x As Array() = y.Split("-")
"IGotYourDotNet" <IG************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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In my table i have data such as cars-- trucks - etc,
how can i remove the - from the data item?