element-number Specifies the number of the element to extract (numbering begins with zero). Specify the element-number argument as an integer expression. If the element-number argument exceeds the number of elements in the string, F$ELEMENT returns the delimiter. delimiter Specifies a character used to separate the elements in the string. Specify the delimiter as a character string expression. string Specifies a string containing a delimited list of elements. Specify the string as a character string expression.