t$ = "a!===b=!=c" s$ = "==,!=,=" dim n$(1) n = token(s$, n$(), ",") dim p(n) do l = len(t$) j = 0 for i = 1 to n p(i) = instr(t$, n$(i)) if p(i) and p(i) < l then l = p(i) : j = i end if next if not j print t$ : break print left$(t$, l - 1), " with separator ", n$(j) t$ = right$(t$, len(t$) - (l + len(n$(j))) + 1) loop