# Remove comma? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [May 28, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-comma/261527 "2008-05-28T14:51:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@hroth](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hroth)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-comma/261527/1 "2008-05-28T14:51:11Z")
Hi there, I have a couple variables that I’ve concatenated. The output is: variable1,variable2 I would like to replace the comma with an underscore. so the output is: variable1\_variable2 thanks in advance~! -hroth ---
**Author:** ![Digitalosophy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/digitalosophy/32/1114_2.png) [@Digitalosophy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Digitalosophy)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-comma/261527/2 "2008-05-28T16:33:01Z")
You need to do a search and replace. You can search for more threads but I found this one pretty easy to use. > **[search for word and replace it with different words](https://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=241927&highlight=search+replace)** > > Got a web design/development question or just want to hang out with the most awesome people on the planet? Drop on in! ---
**Author:** ![shaftoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@shaftoe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shaftoe)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-comma/261527/3 "2008-05-28T16:35:06Z")
[quote=hroth;2332360]Hi there, I have a couple variables that I’ve concatenated. The output is: variable1,variable2 I would like to replace the comma with an underscore. so the output is: variable1\_variable2 thanks in advance~! -hroth[/quote] var pattern:RegExp = /[',-()]/gi; var newstring:String = oldstring.replace(pattern,"\_"); will replace ’ , - ( and ) with \_ ---
**Author:** ![Digitalosophy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/digitalosophy/32/1114_2.png) [@Digitalosophy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Digitalosophy)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-comma/261527/4 "2008-05-28T16:43:29Z")
^ Only available in AS 3 though. ---
**Author:** ![shaftoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@shaftoe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shaftoe)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-comma/261527/5 "2008-05-28T16:45:33Z")
^ Oops yeah! ---
**Author:** ![hroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@hroth](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hroth)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-comma/261527/6 "2008-05-28T17:21:41Z")
AS3 is fine… but I ran this error: The class or interface ‘RegExp’ could not be loaded. ---
**Author:** ![sekasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-comma/261527/7 "2008-05-28T17:50:42Z")
You have to import it first 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@hroth](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hroth)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-comma/261527/8 "2008-05-28T18:08:30Z")
> [@sekasi;2332483](#): > > You have to import it first 🙂 I’ve never imported such a thing… I’m soooo old school 😟 I’ve been digging in the help and I’ve tried a few things… … but I’m not sure what to do. Do I need to make an .as file? and import it? Is there a library of them? I would appreciate a bit of a step by step… I SWEAR I’m trying to do it myself and reading all the help stuff! I’m not just lazy 🙂 -hroth ---
**Author:** ![sekasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-comma/261527/9 "2008-05-28T18:35:13Z")
Actually come to think about it I don’t think you need to import Regular expressions. Are you exporting to AS3.0, Flash9 in your export settings? ---
**Author:** ![hroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@hroth](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hroth)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-comma/261527/10 "2008-05-28T18:47:21Z")
I checked and I was exporting to AS2. I switched it to AS3 and exported… oh my… It was flickering like MAD! I have WAY too many "old school" things. I’d have to go through and try to update all my scripts! I still don’t know how to do some things from my flash 5 days in modern flash… I’ve been too slow in REALLY updating… hmm… I don’t really have the time to risk this learning curve thing. I might be better off in this instance in trying to find a solution that works in AS2… _sigh_ It’s hard to re-learn on a tight deadline when one knows a way that does work you know?.. I’m still a \_root.variable addict… I have Text field variable names… oh my… I’m not sure what to do at this point… hmm… do you want to look at a copy of my file? ---
**Author:** ![Digitalosophy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/digitalosophy/32/1114_2.png) [@Digitalosophy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Digitalosophy)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-comma/261527/11 "2008-05-28T18:50:26Z")
If you need an AS 2 solution look at the link I provided, it’s cut and dry. ---
**Author:** ![sekasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-comma/261527/12 "2008-05-28T18:53:49Z")
hehe. No problem, but try to migrate to AS3. The faster the better; ) AS2.0 version; ```auto function stringReplace(orgstring:String, target:String, subst:String):String { return orgstring.split(target).join(subst); } var orgstring:String = "hi, I, am, a, soldier"; trace(stringReplace(orgstring,",","_")); ``` ---
**Author:** ![hroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@hroth](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hroth)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-comma/261527/13 "2008-05-28T19:56:20Z")
(the variable “style\_shirt” is “shirt,colour”) ```auto var sammy= style_shirt; function stringReplace(orgstring:String, target:String, subst:String):String { return orgstring.split(target).join(subst); } var orgstring:String = sammy; trace(stringReplace(orgstring,",","_")); } ``` this outputs : "Undefined" I can’t seem to get this variable to come out as: “shirt\_colour” can I have a variable where "var orgstring:String = sammy;" and when I “trace(sammy);” it outputs: shirt,colour I think I have to do something to the variable so it will run or something? The variable is there… and it works if I put anything but a variable… -sadly - still struggling ---
**Author:** ![sekasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-comma/261527/14 "2008-05-28T20:20:56Z")
```auto var style_shirt:String = "hej,ho"; var sammy:String = style_shirt; function stringReplace(orgstring:String, target:String, subst:String):String { return orgstring.split(target).join(subst); } trace(stringReplace(sammy,",","_")); ``` Works fine, problem is probably that something isn’t a proper string… ---
**Author:** ![sekasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-comma/261527/15 "2008-05-28T20:22:04Z")
> and when I “trace(sammy);” it outputs: shirt,colour I’d wager that style\_shirt is an array, not a string… ---
**Author:** ![hroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@hroth](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hroth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/remove-comma/261527/16 "2008-05-30T14:04:57Z")
[COLOR=black]that was EXACTLY the problem. I was using an array while doing a concat.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black](which was totally unnecessary) I stepped back to: variable+"\_"+variable.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Which got rid of the array… which had given me the comma in the first place… [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]…so the whole thing was me going about something simple the wrong way…[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Thanks for all the help! All works![/COLOR] [COLOR=black]-hroth[/COLOR]