Copy and paste - can't copy parts of a SMS message

 I'm getting really frustrated with the copy part of copy/paste within a SMS. In the SMS - If I tap on any number or word = nothing happens (if nothing is underlined), If I tap on a number underlined = I get the option to phone or skype?? If I double click = nothing happens, If I do a long press I the options to:COPY MESSAGE TEXTFORWARD MESSAGECOPY MESSAGE TO SIM CARDDELETE MESSAGEVIEW MESSAGE DE TAILSADD STAR  If I want to copy some text (e.g. phone number, address, anything else) but not the whole SMS I cannot find a way to do it. Anyone else having this problem with SMS messages? Sometimes you need to extract info from the SMS to paste into an entry box on a website for example or to add to contacts etc. Can anyone help?  

Hi and welcome to the community! Since you're new please be sure that you have checked out our Discussion guidelines.
Unfortunately, it's not possible to copy parts of a text message in the pre installed messaging application. But if you press a number, you can open it with the phone application and copy the number from the dialer. And if you want to copy an URL, you can open the page and copy it from the URL-field.
If you want parts from a text message, my best suggestion would be to copy the text into a notepad or similar and edit the text. Thereby, you can copy it with the text you want included.

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