Insert letter into string?

[Geel7989]

Hi!
I'm making a name input screen, that has lots of letters everywhere. The player can then press the arrow keys to get to that letter. When the player presses the enter key, that letter appears inside a textbox, just above all of the letters.

My question is, how could I get a letter added to a string? I've got a very faint idea; don't know if I could use appendText, split, or something else. idk. :P

[Diki]

You mean adding text onto the end of a string? Just do this:

myString += "butts";

[Geel7989]

At 5/11/16 10:50 AM, Diki wrote: You mean adding text onto the end of a string? Just do this:

myString += "butts";

Oh, thanks Diki!
I thought it would be a lot more complicated. XD

[Gimmick]

Be aware, though, that strings are not mutable in AS3, so if you have the option of allowing the user to insert characters in the middle of the string, then you'd have to create a new string each time.

For example:

var str:String = TESTSTRING;

if I had to change the R to an S I'd have to create a new string with:

str = str.slice(0, 6) + "S" + str.slice(7);

...which actually creates 3 strings:
1) The str itself (reassigning)
2) Slicing from 0 to 6
3) Slicing from 7 to the end