# \[as2\]- removing/truncating Double Quotes (" 's)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-removing-truncating-double-quotes-s/264610>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 27, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-removing-truncating-double-quotes-s/264610 "2008-06-27T18:32:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![yamahammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c5a1d2/32.png) [@yamahammer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/yamahammer)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-removing-truncating-double-quotes-s/264610/1 "2008-06-27T18:32:58Z")

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Good Day All! Im working with some XML that has double quotes around the text that i want to work with. For example- “Miami” and I would like it to look like- Miami  
This is what i was working with so far (but doesn’t work)

txt = “Miami”;  
var dirtyTextArry:Array = txt.split(""");  
var cleaned:String = dirtyTextArry[dirtyTextArry.length-1];  
trace (cleaned);

whats the best way to accomplish this??

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**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-removing-truncating-double-quotes-s/264610/2 "2008-06-27T18:36:31Z")

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I don’t get what you’re trying to do. Your txt string has no double quotes in it.

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**Author:** ![yamahammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c5a1d2/32.png) [@yamahammer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/yamahammer)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-removing-truncating-double-quotes-s/264610/3 "2008-06-27T18:40:59Z")

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sorry, i typed it vaguely… the txt is litterally “Miami” and i want it to be Miami

i think that would be txt = ““Miami””;

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**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-removing-truncating-double-quotes-s/264610/4 "2008-06-27T18:46:19Z")

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```auto
var txt:String = txt = "\"Miami\"";
trace(txt.substring(1, txt.length - 1));

```

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**Author:** ![jakattak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@jakattak](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jakattak)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-removing-truncating-double-quotes-s/264610/5 "2008-06-27T19:28:18Z")

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you were on the right path with splitting it. now you just have to join it…

```auto

txt = "\"Miami\"";
txt = txt.split("\"").join("");

```

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**Author:** ![yamahammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c5a1d2/32.png) [@yamahammer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/yamahammer)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-removing-truncating-double-quotes-s/264610/6 "2008-06-27T20:17:40Z")

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doh!! many thanks TheCanadian and jakattak… I have 2 books, but couldn’t find it in either. have a great weekend all!