# Splitting string

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/splitting-string/324948>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 17, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/splitting-string/324948 "2011-09-17T05:22:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![radi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@radi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/radi)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/splitting-string/324948/1 "2011-09-17T05:22:00Z")

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how can i turn a string like 1,1,1,1,1,1 into just 1  
i tried using  
string.indexof("," , 0)  
and  
var re:RegExp = /(,)/;  
var results:Array = str.split(re);

neither of them seemed to know if there was a comma in the string[TABLE=“class: detailHeader”]  
[TR]  
[TD=“class: detailHeaderName”][/TD]  
[TD=“class: detailHeaderParens”][/TD]  
[TD=“class: detailHeaderType”][/TD]  
[/TR]  
[/TABLE]