# Getting 1st substring from a string

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**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** system, activities\
**Created:** [January 13, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.uipath.com/t/getting-1st-substring-from-a-string/283150 "2021-01-13T15:24:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![elasador.pune](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/uipath/user_avatar/forum.uipath.com/elasador.pune/32/177292_2.png) [@elasador.pune](https://forum.uipath.com/u/elasador.pune)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.uipath.com/t/getting-1st-substring-from-a-string/283150/1 "2021-01-13T15:24:29Z")

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Hi, I am new to the platform.  
I want to split a string and type the 1st substring. My string format is AB Cdefg [ishksn90]. And expected output is AB Cdefg.  
Please help with this.  
Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Dave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/uipath/user_avatar/forum.uipath.com/dave/32/176804_2.png) [@Dave](https://forum.uipath.com/u/Dave)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.uipath.com/t/getting-1st-substring-from-a-string/283150/2 "2021-01-13T15:32:33Z")

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I’d recommend using regex. You can do something simple like: `Assign MySubString = System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Match(YourString,"\w+\s\w+").Value`

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**Author:** ![NIVED\_NAMBIAR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/uipath/user_avatar/forum.uipath.com/nived_nambiar/32/169066_2.png) [@NIVED\_NAMBIAR](https://forum.uipath.com/u/NIVED_NAMBIAR)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.uipath.com/t/getting-1st-substring-from-a-string/283150/3 "2021-01-13T15:44:14Z")

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input = “AB Cdefg [ishksn90]”

output= input.SubString(0,input.IndexOf(“[”)+1)

U can have a try on this too using substring approach

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**Author:** ![elasador.pune](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/uipath/user_avatar/forum.uipath.com/elasador.pune/32/177292_2.png) [@elasador.pune](https://forum.uipath.com/u/elasador.pune)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://forum.uipath.com/t/getting-1st-substring-from-a-string/283150/4 "2021-01-15T05:16:33Z")

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Thanks this works 👍

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/uipath/user_avatar/forum.uipath.com/system/32/182466_2.png) [@system](https://forum.uipath.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://forum.uipath.com/t/getting-1st-substring-from-a-string/283150/5 "2021-01-18T05:29:50Z")

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