# "extracting" variables into numbers

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extracting-variables-into-numbers/282417>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 21, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extracting-variables-into-numbers/282417 "2009-02-21T19:43:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![mentega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@mentega](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mentega)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extracting-variables-into-numbers/282417/1 "2009-02-21T19:43:03Z")

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hi i’ve some problem with extracting a variable which i acquired using \_name so that the name of movieclip such as in my case “t01” “t02” and so on is extracted because i need to use the “01” and “02” and the rest of the numbers for something else…

i know there is a way to extract certain chars within a variable or arrays but i think i would appreciate if you could help me about how to do it.

thanks in advance  
cheers