In FileMaker, return value in specified location of delimited text.

GetDelimitedValue.fmfn

/**
 * =====================================
 * GetDelimitedValue ( text ; delimiter ; occurrence )
 *
 * RETURNS:
 *		Value in specified location of delimited text.
 *
 * PARAMETERS:
 *		text = (text) delimited data
 *		delimiter = (text) single character used to separate values
 *		occurrence = (number) instance to return
 *
 * DEPENDENCIES:
 *		none
 *
 * HISTORY:
 *		CREATED on 2013-NOV-13 by Daniel Smith [email protected]
 * =====================================
 */
 
Let ( [
	text = text & delimiter ;
	~start = Position ( text ; delimiter ; 1 ; occurrence - 1 ) + 1 ;
	~end = Position ( text ; delimiter ; 1 ; occurrence )
] ;
	Middle ( text ; ~start ; ~end - ~start )
)