# Break up a string

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/break-up-a-string/259606>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [May 7, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/break-up-a-string/259606 "2008-05-07T02:40:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andy03992](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Andy03992](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Andy03992)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/break-up-a-string/259606/1 "2008-05-07T02:40:56Z")

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I’m a beginner, so I’m sorry if I use the wrong terms

I wanted to break a string that is coming from a textfile that has a flash variable. So it would be something like

variable=blahblahblah

I want to cut it so I separate variable= and blahblahblah

I think I did this before but I can’t remember