strSearchString = "ABCDEFGHIJK, NDPSGW PORT=LPR HOSTNAME=R2333_HP_1100 ABCDEFGHIJK" intStart = InStr(strSearchString, "HOSTNAME=") intStart = intStart + 9 strText = Mid(strSearchString, intStart, 250) For i = 1 to Len(strText) If Mid(strText, i, 1) = " " Then Exit For Else strData = strData & Mid(strText, i, 1) End If Next Wscript.Echo strData