question about extracting value from a string

[nephish at xit.net]

the second line was not a typo , and thanks for that.
these values may vary somewhat over time. So i may have to rewrite this
part of the script.

a string is fine for right now, because it is just going to be pumped
into a database. i can change it later if necessary.

thanks for the help gents, i am going to just go with string functions,
seems like it will be easier both to code now. and later if and when
the format of this stuff may change.