# Hello,How to get a part of a text?

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/hello-how-to-get-a-part-of-a-text/58920>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [December 1, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/hello-how-to-get-a-part-of-a-text/58920 "2018-12-01T16:45:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tharles\_Limberger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tharles_limberger/32/27995_2.png) [@tharles\_Limberger](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tharles_Limberger)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/hello-how-to-get-a-part-of-a-text/58920/1 "2018-12-01T16:45:05Z")

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Example: In text ‘‘You are dead’’ i get part ‘‘dead’’ and copy part for variable.  
I know how to pick letter by letter, but I can not save them all together.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![bilastois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@bilastois](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bilastois)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/hello-how-to-get-a-part-of-a-text/58920/2 "2020-10-06T11:44:03Z")

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you can use **substring**

 ![textt](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/2/0/20499af102502d22155531307fd56f02c5e3f162.jpeg)

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**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, 11:52am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/hello-how-to-get-a-part-of-a-text/58920/3 "2024-11-08T11:52:33Z")

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