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.

[-:)lauri]

Here's a quick function to split string to array by begin and end key strings:

var someText:String = "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]\nuseless text...";

var array:Array = splitByKeys(someText, "[start]", "[finish]");

trace(array[0]); // this is the text i need to find and store
trace(array[1]); // store and find this too

function splitByKeys(string:String, begin:String, end:String):Array
{
    if(begin.length + end.length == 0) return string.split("");
    var i:int = 0;
    var j:int = 0;
    var round:int = 0;
    var array:Array = [];
    while(true)
    {
        i = string.indexOf(begin, (round++ != 0 ? j + end.length : i));
        j = string.indexOf(end, i + begin.length);
        array.push(string.substring(i + begin.length, j));
        if(i == -1 || j == -1) break;
    }
    array.pop();
    if(array.length == 0) throw new Error("parameter \"string\" doesn't contain both keys!");
    return array;
}

Will throw and error if string doesn't contain begin and end key strings.

[-:)lauri]

oh it was as2... well to get it work with as2 change these

var i:int = 0;
var j:int = 0;
var round:int = 0;

to

var i:Number = 0;
var j:Number = 0;
var round:Number = 0;