# String Manipulation in Scripts

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/string-manipulation-in-scripts/228321
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 16, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/string-manipulation-in-scripts/228321 "2020-04-16T13:10:55Z")
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### Author: ![dawiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@dawiro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dawiro)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/string-manipulation-in-scripts/228321/1 "2020-04-16T13:10:55Z")

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Hi,  
If I have a string looking something like:

`aaa-bbb-ccc-dddd`

How can I use painless scripts to extract `ccc` into a new field?

Thx  
D

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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 14, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/string-manipulation-in-scripts/228321/2 "2020-05-14T13:10:57Z")

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