# Max/MinChars

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/max-minchars/327958>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 8, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/max-minchars/327958 "2012-04-08T18:05:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Antsuperhack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Antsuperhack](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Antsuperhack)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/max-minchars/327958/1 "2012-04-08T18:05:44Z")

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Hey all,

I’ve noticed that AS3 doesn’t seem to contain a way of defining a minimum amount of characters required but does have a maximum.

Any way to do this with a textfield?