String manipulation

All,

I am having a hard time getting the format I need from a string. From
("|I13.sc_buck_core_2_stps.clk1 - net050")

I need

( "|I13" )

but get....

EFInstanceNetsForm->EFListBoxField->value=("|
I13.sc_buck_core_2_stps.clk1 - net050")

EFprobeinstVar=car(parseString(car(EFInstanceNetsForm->EFListBoxField-

"|I13"

A solution using manipulating the output "|I13" would be fine with me,
or using car, cdr, etc...

Any and all help would be appreciated!
Thank you,
Eric

 

Have you considered using regular expressions?
e.g.
rexMatchp() and rexSubstitute()

 

I found a way. I am relatively new to skill, I haven't used either
one but will review the functions.

Thank you,
Eric