cut string by character 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 slice string from character

var input = 'john smith~123 Street~Apt 4~New York~NY~12345';

var fields = input.split('~');

var name = fields[0];
var street = fields[1];