Command JSON String Splitter

//AS3 version

var t:String = "PREPARE 12\r\n{\"first_name\":\"Brett\", \"last_name\":\"Buddin\"}\r\n";
var splitNumber:int = t.indexOf(" ");
var firstSlash:int = t.search("\\r");
var byteNumber:String = t.slice(splitNumber+1,firstSlash);	
var command:String = t.slice(0,splitNumber);
trace (command);
	
var jSON:String = t.slice(t.search("\\r\\n")+2, t.search("}"+1));
trace (jSON);

//OUTPUT

//PREPARE
//{"first_name":"Brett", "last_name":"Buddin"}