# Get a substring of a string

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-a-substring-of-a-string/330278>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 19, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-a-substring-of-a-string/330278 "2023-04-19T08:53:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![obelaisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/439d5e/32.png) [@obelaisk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/obelaisk)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-a-substring-of-a-string/330278/1 "2023-04-19T08:53:22Z")

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Hi, im using canvas and i don't know if it's possible to get a substring of a given string in expression editor

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-a-substring-of-a-string/330278/2 "2023-05-17T08:53:34Z")

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