Applies to: String Object
The charAt method returns the character at the specified index.
Syntax
strVariable.charAt(index)
"String Literal".charAt(index)
The index argument is the zero-based index of the desired character. Valid values are between 0 and the length of the string minus 1.
Return value
The charAt method returns the character at the specified index from given String.
Example
The charAt method returns a character value equal to the character at the specified index. The first character in a string is at index 0, the second is at index 1, and so forth. Values of index out of valid range return undefined.
The following example illustrates the use of the charAt method:
function getCharAt(str,index)
{
var s;
s = str.charAt(index - 1);
return(s);
}
// Get the 12th letter of the alphabet
document.write(getCharAt("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ", 12));
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See also: String Object Methods, String Object Properties |
