i create an array from the split function. then, i can perform LBound and UBound on this new array. suppose i get 0 and 1 as LBound and UBound values.

my problem is that i can loop through the array using For Each but i cannot access every element directly using array(0) or array(1).

If you could, please post some of your code where you are splitting and trying to loop through the array. That would help us to help you.

As a stab in the dark though...
<%
txtString = "This,is,my,string"
myarray = split(txtString, ",")

for x = lbound(myarray) to ubound(myarray)
response.write myarray(x) & "<BR>"
next
%>

thanks for the help

the problem was actually that the split function seemed to be failing when i had strings with special chars