# Search function for Text Fields?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-function-for-text-fields/137895>\
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**Created:** [February 18, 2005, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-function-for-text-fields/137895 "2005-02-18T07:04:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/search-function-for-text-fields/137895/1 "2005-02-18T07:04:07Z")

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[color=SlateGray]Hey everyone,  
I searched but couldn’t find anything here or on google about this. I’m trying to port an application created in another language to Flash. I’m trying to implement a boolean function that simply tells me if a word I pass in as an argument is contained in the text field.

So I am wondering if Flash includes a built-in function such as “find” or “contain?” which are common in other languages for determining if a word is in a text field?  
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**EDIT: Never mind - I found that indexOf accomplishes pretty much the same thing!**

Thanks!  
Kirupa =)