function getItem(posNum,stringVar,delimeter)
{
// set variables
stringVarLength = stringVar.length;
matches = 0;
prevPos = 0;
currentPos = -1;

// end if  if delimeter is at first character (nothing before that!)
if ( (posNum == 1) && (stringVar.charAt(0) == delimeter) )
	{ zResult = ""; }
else
{
// continue on, find position in string based on delimiter
	for (var P = 1; P <= stringVarLength; P++)
	{
		if (stringVar.charAt(P) == delimeter)
			{
				prevPos = currentPos;
				currentPos = P;
				matches = matches + 1;
			}
		if (matches == posNum) {break}
	}

	if (P > stringVarLength)
		{
			prevPos = currentPos;
			currentPos = (P - 1);
		}
	prevPos = prevPos + 1;

	position = stringVar.substring(prevPos,currentPos);
}

	return (position);
}