text = "Florian haljlabjalk Florian dsl FOGEL kfjsakfj skajfl as Florian djlfaj"; var myName = "Florian"; var hits = []; // Look for "E" in the text for(var i = 0; i < text.length; i++) { if (text[i] === myName[0]) { // If we find it, add characters up to // the length of my name to the array for(var j = i; j < (myName.length + i); j++) { hits.push(text[j]); } } } if(hits.length===0){ console.log("Your name wasn't found!"); } else console.log(hits);