# Text Find action improvement

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/text-find-action-improvement/3733
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [September 1, 2006, 7:02am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/text-find-action-improvement/3733 "2006-09-01T07:02:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2006, 7:02am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/text-find-action-improvement/3733/1 "2006-09-01T07:02:23Z")

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It would be nice if the text find action were able to store the results of the search in a variable rather than just the match count. Currently this can be done with simple script in the OnFindText section, but it would be a lot cleaner if this functionality were built into the action.

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### Author: ![tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/tate)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2006, 3:21am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/text-find-action-improvement/3733/2 "2006-09-04T03:21:42Z")

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Thanks for the suggestion Keith.