Thx. I ended up using the following:
Function Get_Yr()
Dim i As Integer
Dim strText As String
Dim strYr As String
Dim iPositions() As Integer
Dim iStart As Integer
Dim iLoop As Integer
strText = strCriteria
iLoop = Len(strText) - Len (Replace(strText, "*", "")) - 1
ReDim iPositions(iLoop)...