# Retrieve item of a listbox

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/retrieve-item-of-a-listbox/176592>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 25, 2006, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/retrieve-item-of-a-listbox/176592 "2006-01-25T08:10:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![apple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@apple](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/apple)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/retrieve-item-of-a-listbox/176592/1 "2006-01-25T08:10:48Z")

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If I want to retrieve the item in a listbox, what should be done? Basically Im trying to retrieve the items in a listbox then compare it with the word that I have keyed in earlier. So could anyone give me some idea? Thanks in advance.