# Convert String to Item

**URL:** <https://community.openhab.org/t/convert-string-to-item/50718>\
**Category:** Scripts & Rules\
**Created:** [September 3, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/convert-string-to-item/50718 "2018-09-03T16:22:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![rlkoshak](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/rlkoshak/32/75251_2.png) [@rlkoshak](https://community.openhab.org/u/rlkoshak)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/convert-string-to-item/50718/5 "2018-09-04T19:12:50Z")

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> [@vzorglub](#):
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> It’s the way to do it.

It’s A way to do it. There is another way. See the third option in the rewritten [Design Pattern: Associated Items](https://community.openhab.org/t/design-pattern-associated-items/15790).

Thanks to 5iver for discovering we can pull Items straight out of the Item Registry without going through the Group.

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