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Is there a way to unstring a value that i have echoed? I need characters 8 thru 14 of a 17 character field

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WandaB
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I am saving a value from a screen called our policy number. The entire policy number is in this format nn-nnn-nnnnnnn-nn. I need characters 8-14 to do a search in another screen. Is there a way that I can unstring this field for only those characters? Or is there a way that I can only save characters 8-14 of the value?

I am saving a value from a screen called our policy number. The entire policy number is in this format nn-nnn-nnnnnnn-nn. I need characters 8-14 to do a search in another screen. Is there a way that I can unstring this field for only those characters? Or is there a way that I can only save characters 8-14 of the value?

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cor-el
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Use a regular expression. 

javascript:(function(){var t='nn-nnn-nnnnnnn-nn',p=prompt(t,t);alert(/..-...-(.......)-../.exec(p)?RegExp.$1:'(nothing)');})();