Unable to select text within text message

[jsva420]

How do you select text within a text message?

For example, if I received a text with: your temporary code is 123456 click below to reset your password

How do I select JUST the code?

I do see that if I long-press the message, a copy button appears at the top of the screen, but that copies the entire text message. I just want to copy the code from within the text.

The only other options I see are to delete, favorite, share, forward, or view details.

I did try searching for this topic, but the only answers I can find explain how to copy the entire text, not text within the text.

[carolesjewels]

Google Messages is a mess as far as I am concerned.  Samsung Messages worked great, (one could "select" text and see at the top a list of unread messages very nice) but SS decided to do away with it and stuff awkward and deficient Google messages  down our throats (I'd like to have been asked first!!) Shame on you Samsung.😠 Oh, and they would have you believe that we can still download Samsung Messages on the Play Store, but that is an outright lie, just fyi.

[realaud]

This change was on Google. Samsung had no choice in the matter.  Also the carriers will only be supporting RCS through Google Messages.

So you can select a whole text message to copy, and then when you go to paste, just delete the text you don't want to resend or put in a document.

You can still see which messages are unread, as Google places a number next to each conversation to show how many unread messages you have for that conversation.

So, there is a little learning curve for you from what you are used to, things change and life goes on.  Google messages is not an inferior product, the spam blocking and archive features are worth any inconvenience. 

I have never used anything but Google Messages since its inception.  I did try Samsung messages a couple of times but it was very distracting and not an efficient app for me. However, if Google Messages was the one that was going away in favor of Samsung, I'd have to either get used to it or choose another, but I wouldn't whine about it; and I certainly wouldn't have expected Samsung to poll its users to get permission.  As it is, most people I message with on a regular basis do it through FB messenger, and many people use WhatsApp.

[realaud]

For the confirmation codes, in Google Messages, at least, the copy block appears right underneath asking if you want to copy the number. I don't know what Samsung does with it.