$String="five|ten|three|five|six|ten|five" $Split=StringSplit($String,"|",0) $line="" For $z = 1 to $Split[0] $array = StringSplit($String, $Split[$z], 1) if Stringinstr($line,$Split[$z]) = 0 then $line=$line & $Split[$z] & " = " & $array[0]-1 & ", " next MsgBox(0,"",$line)