# Importing large amounts of data

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-large-amounts-of-data/200447>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 12, 2006, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-large-amounts-of-data/200447 "2006-09-12T12:19:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![dalle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@dalle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dalle)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-large-amounts-of-data/200447/1 "2006-09-12T12:19:16Z")

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Hi,

I’m currently using XML to import geo-location data to my flash application.  
Even though my XML scheme is about as small as can be, I still feel i would do better downloading the variables as text and exploding them.  
If i manage to change the xml to raw text I can compress the data to about 35% of the original size.

I want to load the data in the form a\_b\_c\_d-e\_f\_g\_h.  
So, to the question; how do I explode a datastring in flash?