# Any way to parse a string?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-way-to-parse-a-string/37773>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 14, 2003, 7:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-way-to-parse-a-string/37773 "2003-12-14T07:10:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![dudeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/35a633/32.png) [@dudeman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dudeman)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 7:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-way-to-parse-a-string/37773/1 "2003-12-14T07:10:44Z")

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Does anyone know the command to delete everything after an x amount of characters on a string? For examp…

_Sunday, 14th December 2003 2:10am asdadasdasd as da d asd oiajskdj lkasjdk_

Thanks 😏