construct array out of string

[BigEd781]

The main problem with your solution is that it needs to perform calculations each time the function gets run. I haven't tried it, but i assume it might work. However, you want to avoid these type of functions if possible. There's no reason to not parse the string into a list of name / value pairs i.e Dictionary or NameValueCollection.

Well, that is just the method to get the value. You can use it to create a dictionary.