JAVASCRIPT

how to get the first character of a string in javascript

let str = 'John Wick'
let firstChar = str.charAt(0) 
console.log(firstChar); // "J" 

javascript get first 2 char

String.substring(0, 2);
//Return the first two characters of the string
//First parameter is the starting index, 0 corresponding to the first character
//Second parameter is the number of character to return

How to Get the First N Characters of a String in JavaScript

// substring() Method

const str = 'Coding Beauty';

const first3 = str.substring(0, 3);
console.log(first3); // Cod

const first5 = str.substring(0, 5);
console.log(first5); // Codin

const first11 = str.substring(0, 11);
console.log(first11); // Coding Beau

javascript get first 3 characters of string

const str = 'Walk the dog';

const first3 = str.slice(0, 3);

js get first 3 characters of string

const string = "0123456789";
console.log(string.slice(0, 2)); // "01"
console.log(string.slice(0, 8)); // "01234567"
console.log(string.slice(3, 7)); // "3456"

first x characters of string javascript

let string = "abcdefghi"
console.log(string.slice(0, 3))
// abc

How to Get the First N Characters of a String in JavaScript

// slice() Method

const str = 'Coding Beauty';

const first2 = str.slice(0, 2);
console.log(first2); // Co

const first6 = str.slice(0, 6);
console.log(first6); // Coding

const first8 = str.slice(0, 8);
console.log(first8); // Coding B

javascript get first 3 characters of string

String.substring(0, 3);

get first 10 characters of string javascript

String.substring(0, 10);