VB6 Split String with < > Characters - string

I am trying to split something like this
When the Source is from a webpage and contains this value multiple times, but I don't think will split it because of the "<" character, any way around this?
SourceSplit = Split(Source, "<span class='BText' id='BText'>")
I tried using Chr(60) instead, didn't like that either, any ideas?
Thanks for any help

I would guess that the HTML uses double quotes for attribute values, not single. You need to escape the double quotes:
SourceSplit = Split(Source, "<span class=""BText"" id=""BText"">")

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