title: SharePoint - get value of calculated field without manual parsing
body: <p>I have a calculated field in a list with this formula:<br>
  <code>=CID &amp; " - " &amp; Title</code></p>
  
  <p>When viewing the list, it might display as: "2 - Big Meeting".  When I grab the value from code like so:<br>
  <code>myItem["CIDandTitle"]</code> </p>
  
  <p>the value comes back as: "string;#2 - BigMeeting".  Is there a "correct" way in sharepoint to extract the value or should i simply split on the semicolon and pound sign?</p>
  
  <p>I am using MOSS2007.</p>