And in case you didn't have enough good choices, you could also use the Word() and/or GetLine() UDF's. Personally, in your case I lean toward sealeopard's solution as the most direct, but I don't know what else your script is doing. You might be able to get more mileage out of these UDF's.

http://www.scriptlogic.com/Kixtart/FunctionList.asp

New Mexico Mark