# How to Find and Replace words in actionscript

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-find-and-replace-words-in-actionscript/112294>\
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**Created:** [June 5, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-find-and-replace-words-in-actionscript/112294 "2004-06-05T20:32:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![cybergold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@cybergold](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cybergold)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-find-and-replace-words-in-actionscript/112294/1 "2004-06-05T20:32:15Z")

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How would i be able to run a search for a word, or a link in my actionscript, all occurrences of it, and then be able to replace all of those occurrences with something that i type in? 🙂 I’m pretty sure this feature is in flash, but i just can’t find it, any help would be greatly appreciated.