# Dynamic text character recognition

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-character-recognition/243806
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [November 11, 2007, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-character-recognition/243806 "2007-11-11T06:28:05Z")
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### Author: ![dsntos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dsntos](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dsntos)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2007, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-character-recognition/243806/1 "2007-11-11T06:28:05Z")

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Is there a way for flash to return a specific character from a string into dynamic text.

Example:

```auto
var headline = "kirupa"

character.text = 5th letter of headline

trace(character.text);

```

Then it would output the letter p, because it’s the fifth letter.