get first substring javascript code example

Example 1: javascript get first 10 characters of string

var str = "Hello world That is reallly neat!";
var res = str.substring(0, 5);//get first 5 chars

Example 2: javascript get first character of string

var str="Hello Folks!"
var firstStringChar = str.charAt(0); //H

Example 3: js get first letter of string

var x = 'some string';
alert(x.charAt(0)); // alerts 's'

Example 4: str.substring if 2 letters

public String firstTwo(String str) {
    return str.length() < 2 ? str : str.substring(0, 2);
}