# What's the best way to parse out a url string using the String object in Flash

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-parse-out-a-url-string-using-the-string-object-in-flash/76006
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [January 13, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-parse-out-a-url-string-using-the-string-object-in-flash/76006 "2005-01-13T23:46:42Z")
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### Author: ![FlashNewby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5f8ce5/32.png) [@FlashNewby](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FlashNewby)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-parse-out-a-url-string-using-the-string-object-in-flash/76006/1 "2005-01-13T23:46:42Z")

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I’m creating a CMS(Content Management System) tool so that users can change text and the changes be reflected in a text window in flash . The text that the user enters in the CMS tool will be stored in the database.

In flash I want to parse the string that I get from the database and look for URL strings that start with http “[color=#003366][http://www.someurl.com](http://www.someurl.com)” and parse out that substring. [/color]  
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[color=#003366]For example the string could be “Please vist my site at [http://www.site.com](http://www.site.com)”. I would want to parse out the [http://www.site.com](http://www.site.com) [/color]  
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[color=#003366]If I find this url string I want to pre-pend the a href tag \<a\> and append the closing \</a\> tag to the string so that this link will be clickable from the textfield. [/color]  
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[color=#003366]Does flash have an object that deals with Regular Expressions?[/color]  
[color=#003366]I’ve looked at the String object in flash but not sure how to achieve this task[/color]

[color=#003366]I’m currently working on this so any ideas?[/color]  
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