Strip out part of node

[Embussy]

Hello, I'm struggling to strip out the word 'Section' from a text box that loads from xml.

for(i=0; i<xmlNode.childNodes[1].childNodes[0].childNodes.length; i++)
if(xmlNode.childNodes[1].childNodes[0].childNodes[i].nodeName == "sections")
sectNo = xmlNode.childNodes[1].childNodes[0].childNodes[i].firstChild;

section_txt.text += sectNo;

When the node 'sections' returns 'Section 12' how can I strip out the word 'Section' and only have '12' load into the section_txt box?

Any help would be much appreciated

[gparis]

use

myVar = "Section 12";
myNewVar = myVar.substring(8,myVar.length); 
trace(myNewVar);

gparis

[Embussy]

Thanks gparis, That has posed another problem in that the node will return Sections 1 to 22 depending on which xml gets loaded. Is there a way of stripping 'section' out of all of them or do i need to myVar for each one?

[gparis]

the substring strips the first 7 characters, ie: 'section ' *including the space after the word. Then gives you everything after these. You could turn this into a function:

function strip7 (myVar) {
return myVar.substring(8,myVar.length);
}

so with anything, you can say strip7(anything)

Full example:

function strip7 (myVar) {
return myVar.substring(8,myVar.length); 
}

anything = "Section 123";

trace(strip7(anything));

gparis