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JavaScript charAt() Method

String Object Reference JavaScript String Object

Definition and Usage

The charAt() method returns the character at the specified index in a string.

The index of the first character is 0, and the index of the last character in a string called "txt", is txt.length-1.

Syntax

string.charAt(index)

Parameter Description
index Required. An integer between 0 and string.length-1


Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

The charAt() method is supported in all major browsers.


Example

Example

Return the first and last character of a string:

<script type="text/javascript">

var str = "Hello world!";
document.write("First character: " + str.charAt(0) + "<br />");
document.write("Last character: " + str.charAt(str.length-1));

</script>

The output of the code above will be:

First character: H
Last character: !

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String Object Reference JavaScript String Object
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