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just change <br />
var Pair:Array = period.split(&quot;-&quot;);<br />
to this:<br />
var Pair:Array = period.split(/-| /);<br />
that should give you a 3-item array with June in item 0, 2009 in item 1, and (CANCEL) in item 3. 
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just change
var Pair:Array = period.split("-");
to this:
var Pair:Array = period.split(/-| /);
that should give you a 3-item array with June in item 0, 2009 in item 1, and (CANCEL) in item 3.

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ok. but little confused<br />
<br />
period.split<b>(/-| /);</b><br />
<br />
<br />
what are these characters &nbsp;/ &nbsp;- &nbsp;| &nbsp; /<br />
<br />
thx
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ok. but little confused

period.split(/-| /);


what are these characters  /  -  |   /

thx

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Here's the asdoc for the split function:<br />
<a href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/String.html#split()" rel="ugc">http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/String.html#split()</a>
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Here's the asdoc for the split function:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/String.html#split() [http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/String.html#split()]

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hi guys<br />
<br />
I have a question<br />
<br />
I have <br />
var period:String = 'June-2009 (CANCEL)';<br />
I want to split into two strings<br />
string1 should be 'June' &nbsp;<br />
and string2 &nbsp;should be '2009'<br />
I have <br />
var Pair:Array = period.split(&quot;-&quot;); <br />
var string1 = period[0]; -- //should be &nbsp;June<br />
var string2 = period[1];-- //should be 2009<br />
<br />
any idea how i can do that?<br />
<br />
thanks
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hi guys

I have a question

I have 
var period:String = 'June-2009 (CANCEL)';
I want to split into two strings
string1 should be 'June'  
and string2  should be '2009'
I have 
var Pair:Array = period.split("-"); 
var string1 = period[0]; -- //should be  June
var string2 = period[1];-- //should be 2009

any idea how i can do that?

thanks

split into two strings

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