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Hey all,

I have a file where I need to parse information from. The format of the
first line is something like this:

">ruby ruby |ruby|ruby ruby|text_i_want| test test"

I was thinking converting this line into an array, using the .split(//)
and keeping count of the pipe("|") character so that when it reaches the
3rd one, it reads the characters up till the 4th pipe(all in a do
iterator. So in essence, I would want to extract "text_i_want". When i
tried this method, I got stuck. Any ideas on how to move forward? Or an
easier solution than this? Thanks!

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Parsing text Cyril Jose <cyril_jose@ymail.com> - 2011-04-21 20:43 -0500
  Re: Parsing text John W Higgins <wishdev@gmail.com> - 2011-04-21 21:08 -0500
  Re: Parsing text 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-21 21:20 -0500
  Re: Parsing text Cyril Jose <cyril_jose@ymail.com> - 2011-04-21 22:15 -0500

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