# Reading the address bar and change a var

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-the-address-bar-and-change-a-var/272251>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 3, 2008, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-the-address-bar-and-change-a-var/272251 "2008-10-03T08:05:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![pmantzar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e274bd/32.png) [@pmantzar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pmantzar)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-the-address-bar-and-change-a-var/272251/1 "2008-10-03T08:05:56Z")

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I want to read the link on the address bar and change a var then put that as a link on a button.

Something like this

link: [http://www.domain.net/site/index.php?task=1&lang=el](http://www.domain.net/site/index.php?task=1&lang=el)

to

[http://www.domain.net/site/index.php?task=1&lang=e](http://www.domain.net/site/index.php?task=1&lang=e)  
then put it in navigateToURL as a URLRequest.  
Is this possible?