Ideas for interpreting loaded variables

hello everyone, i am making a flash quiz game that loads questions and answers from an external .txt file and i was wondering how can I interpret with as something like this (i use the split function to make an array from the file):

//pseudo txt file:
domestic animal?
canine

another one?
cat

//
instead of the usual:

//pseudo txt file:
domestic animal?:canine.another one?:cat

to make things more readable