js select first char of string code example

Example 1: javascript get first character of string

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

Example 2: javascript charat

/*
charAt() method
This method takes in a string and an index as input
and returns the character at that position in the specified string
*/

myString = "Hello World!";

console.log(myString.charAt(0)); // outputs "H"
console.log(myString.charAt(5)); // outputs " "
console.log(myString.charAt(8)); // outputs "r"
// If the specified index is bigger or equal to the length of the string,
// the output will be "".
console.log(myString.charAt(23)); // outputs ""