Delete everything before a certain word in a variable

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#1

I have a XML file that I want to delete the first and last section from (I am going to merge several XML files so I have to remove both the begining and the end of these files).

Do anyone have a clue? The file is read into a variable and I want to remove everything before and including the word “”

/Jonas

#2

Here a sample with two functionalities: extract the “” tag, and delete everything, except for the contents of the “” tag.

set myXML to "<roastbeef>
	<soap>Madrid but I like apples</soap>
</roastbeef>"
--> keep only the "<soap>" tag
set soapStart to (offset of "<soap>" in myXML)
set soapEnd to (offset of "</soap>" in myXML) + 6 --> adjust length

set soapTag to text soapStart thru soapEnd of myXML

--> keep all within the "<roastbeef>" tag
set init to (offset of "<roastbeef>" in myXML) + 11
set endit to (offset of "</roastbeef>" in myXML) - 1

set allWithinRoastbeef to text init thru endit of myXML

{soapTag, allWithinRoastbeef}
#3

Thanks it worked marvellously :slight_smile: