# Substring substr

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/substring-substr/232346>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 13, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/substring-substr/232346 "2007-07-13T00:21:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![natronp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/87869e/32.png) [@natronp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/natronp)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/substring-substr/232346/1 "2007-07-13T00:21:15Z")

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i can’t seem to get either method to work. i just want to grab a substring from a string:

```auto
	var dt:String=RS.getItemAt(q).articledate;
	trace(dt);
	trace("sub: "+dt.substr(1, 8));
	var dte:String=new String();
	dte=dt.substring(1,8);
	trace(dte);
	

```

i get ‘undefined’ back