another question about characters in flash

[whoknows361]

I am running into some problems with some character strings.
such as: I want to remove the first character in a variable which is passed (ie. the dollar sign).
Also, I want to measure the length of characters
and I wnat to be able to edit certain characters in a variable which is passed (lets say the fifth character).

Can someone point me a good tutorial on this type of editing - how to manipulate passed variables and strings.

I have checked but can't find anything substantial.
Thanks

Jonathan

 

[kennethkawamoto]

var rawString:String = "$someString";
var newString:String = rawString.slice(1);
trace("newString: " + newString);

var len:uint = newString.length;
trace("len: " + len);

var arr:Array = newString.split("");
arr[3] = "a";
newString = arr.join("");
trace("newString: " + newString);

Output
newString: someString
len: 10
newString: somaString

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk