# Grab first 50 characters of text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grab-first-50-characters-of-text/115882>\
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**Created:** [July 12, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grab-first-50-characters-of-text/115882 "2004-07-12T19:09:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![SoloDesignz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SoloDesignz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SoloDesignz)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grab-first-50-characters-of-text/115882/1 "2004-07-12T19:09:02Z")

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Can anyone point me in the direction, or throw me some code on how to grab a certain number of characters, or words from a variable ??

- Thanks