Question: I have a simple string which is delimited by some character, let's say a comma. I should be able to create a TStringList and set it's delimiter to a comma then set the DelimitedText to the text I want to parse and it should be automaticlly parsed.

The problem is when I look at the output it also includes spaces as delimiters and chops up my results. How can I avoid this, or is there a better way to do this.

Answer: 
There's a StrictDelimiter property on the TStringList. Set it to True and it will only parse on the delimiter, not the spaces.
You can have a look on the function "ExtractStrings" , if you are using d7