CSHARP

first character of a string c#

string str = "youtube";
char firstCharacter = str[0];

how to get first char of a string c#

string str = "ararara";
string str1 = str.Substring(0,1); // returns string so [a]
char str2 = str[0]; // This uses the String.Chars indexer, returns 'a'
char str3 = str.First(); // returns first character 'a' same as [0]

Console.WriteLine("str.Substring(0,1) {0}
str[0] {1}
str.FirstOrDefault() {2}", str1,str2,str3);