TypeError: "slice" is not a function w/ text puzzle "get letter"

Yuri Kovelenov wrote:

might be that your variable does not contain a String value?

ok that makes sense with that one. i will try it differently.
EDIT: wait no i thought you meant something else.. yes it’s a string.. text… it’s not a number.

but i’m testing a different version of it with the puzzle setup with 3 parses, one for year one for month one for day using the format NNYYYYMMDD where NN is alphabetical prefix

only the YEAR is coming through in the final “create text with” result.
each one is slicing from certain ranges. (from #_ to #_) etc…

the month and day should work the same as the year.