# Get substring error

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/get-substring-error/53320>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [October 23, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/get-substring-error/53320 "2018-10-23T13:26:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Antonio\_Vitolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Antonio\_Vitolo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Antonio_Vitolo)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/get-substring-error/53320/1 "2018-10-23T13:26:09Z")

</div>

hi,

because if the TextInput1 = 12345678,

label1 show 23 ??

 ![Immagine2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/8/f/8f95407f7ff534fe8532fd1d669875ed7ea997e3.jpeg)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/get-substring-error/53320/2 "2018-10-23T13:43:52Z")

</div>

Hi, I have this example working correctly = 234

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![AcrobatEpee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/acrobatepee/32/26336_2.png) [@AcrobatEpee](https://community.thunkable.com/u/AcrobatEpee)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/get-substring-error/53320/3 "2018-10-23T16:45:27Z")

</div>

Try replacing the blank numbers by a real math number (blue)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Antonio\_Vitolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Antonio\_Vitolo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Antonio_Vitolo)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 8:42am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/get-substring-error/53320/4 "2018-10-24T08:42:26Z")

</div>

same thing!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 8:44am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/get-substring-error/53320/5 "2018-10-24T08:44:44Z")

</div>

Restart your browser and Thunkable Live.

Check out the Thunkable Live update and upgrade to the latest version.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 11:55am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/get-substring-error/53320/6 "2024-11-08T11:55:00Z")

</div>