text.getTextString()

#### Availability

Flash MX 2004.

#### Usage

text.getTextString([startIndex [, endIndex]])

#### Parameters

startIndex An integer that specifies the index (zero-based) of the first character. This parameter is optional.

endIndex An integer that specifies the end of the range of text, which starts from startIndex and goes up to, but does not include, endIndex. This parameter is optional.

#### Returns

A string of the text in the specified range.

#### Description

Method; retrieves the specified range of text. If you omit the optional parameters startIndex and endIndex, the whole text string is returned. If you specify only startIndex, the method returns the string starting at the index location and ending at the end of the field. If you specify both startIndex and endIndex, the method returns the string starting from startIndex and goes up to, but does not include, endIndex.

#### Example

The following example gets the character(s) from the fifth character through the end of the selected text field:

javascript

var myText = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].getTextString(4);

fl.trace(myText);

The following example gets the fourth through the ninth characters starting in the selected text field:

javascript

var myText = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].getTextString(3, 9);

fl.trace(myText);