# Find string at character(s)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find-string-at-character-s/309644>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 20, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find-string-at-character-s/309644 "2010-05-20T15:47:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![nlyttle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@nlyttle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nlyttle)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find-string-at-character-s/309644/1 "2010-05-20T15:47:26Z")

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In a dynamic text field, I need to be able to search for the string “http://” and all of the characters after that up until it reaches a \<space\> then return that whole string into a variable I can use.