# Text field problem!
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-field-problem/60810
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 12, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-field-problem/60810 "2004-08-12T19:50:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@HITMANukas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HITMANukas)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-field-problem/60810/1 "2004-08-12T19:50:43Z")
Hello:) I have a big problem! I made a highscore table where you have to enter your name. And when there is no name entered then the movie stops. I tried this script:
on (press){
if (\_root.name eq “”){
stop();
}else{
play();
}
}
But when the user in the name field presses space bar and presses OK movie plays… What to do?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-field-problem/60810/2 "2004-08-12T20:13:46Z")
That happends because " " (a space) is different than “” (an empty string).
You can remove the extra spaces before and after the string. Something like this should do it:
```auto
String.prototype.removeSpaces = function() {
var t = this;
while (t.charAt(0) == " ") {
t = t.substring(1, t.length);
}
while (t.charAt(t.length-1) == " ") {
t = t.substring(0, t.length-1);
}
return t;
};
//i.e:
my_string = " ";
trace(my_string.removeSpaces() == "");//outputs 'true' (means 'my_string' is an empty string)
```