<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>How can I delete everything before a certain string...or a tab?</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> For example, how can I strip away the names of the states in this string and only keep he two character abbreviations? (In my file the state names and abbreviations are separated by a tab.) Alabama AL Alaska AK Arizona AZ Arkansas AR California CA Also...how could I turn this string: AL AK AZ AR CA into: AL¶AK¶AZ¶AR¶CA </BODY> </HTML>