# Seach String for Email Address?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seach-string-for-email-address/299375>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 4, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seach-string-for-email-address/299375 "2009-11-04T03:56:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![lfc611](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@lfc611](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lfc611)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seach-string-for-email-address/299375/1 "2009-11-04T03:56:15Z")

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wonder if someone could point me in the right direction on how to search a string for an email address, then change its color and make it clickable

ex

var str:String = “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, [email@email.com](mailto:email@email.com) consectetur adipiscing elit.”

output\> “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, [[COLOR=Red]email@email.com[/COLOR]](http://email@email.com) consectetur adipiscing elit.”

thanks in advance