js get first three characters of a string 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: str.substring if 2 letters

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