# Spilt string

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spilt-string/261738>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 30, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spilt-string/261738 "2008-05-30T11:13:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![g5604](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/54ee81/32.png) [@g5604](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/g5604)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spilt-string/261738/1 "2008-05-30T11:13:15Z")

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Hi,

i have string that looks something like this: [www.mysites.com/index.html](http://www.mysites.com/index.html)

how do i extract just the index part?

any ideas

thanks,  
g

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**Author:** ![randomagain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@randomagain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/randomagain)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spilt-string/261738/2 "2008-05-30T11:25:22Z")

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you find the index 😛

indexOf(com/)  
indexOf(.html)  
edit to take acount of first reference point  
substring(int,end)

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**Author:** ![claudio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@claudio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/claudio)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spilt-string/261738/3 "2008-05-30T14:11:53Z")

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@randomagain: The argument of \*\*indexOf \*\*evaluates as String, so you should write:

```auto

String.indexOf("com/");
String.indexOf(".html");

```

@g5604: The following should do it.

```auto

var strURL:String = "www.mysites.com/index.html";
var myVar = strURL.substring(strURL.lastIndexOf("/")+1, strURL.lastIndexOf("."));
trace(myVar); //outputs index

```