what function to Parse a column with comma separted values

[fr2]

i have a TableA column .... with a comma separating different items ...

what function can I use to Parse this column to get each item into an array type object ... like a hashtable or arraylist

TableA

Column
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first item, second item, third item, fourth item

dim myhash as new Hashtable

myhash.Add( 1, first item)
myhash.Add( 2, second item)
myhash.Add( 3, third item)
myhash.Add( 4, fourth item)

I want to grab each item .. and check later what value it contains ..

 

[jbenson001]

Look into the Split() method.