Quick Reference
The String charAt() method returns the character at a specified position in a string.
<!-- html element to place output -->
<p id="my_output"></p>Example 1:
// variables
let my_text = 'Hello World';
let my_letter = my_text.charAt(6);
// output to the HTML element
document.getElementById('my_output').innerHTML = my_letter;Note
When counting characters in a string, the count starts from zero NOT one. So character 1 is position [0], character 2 is position [1], and character 3 is position [2] … and so on.
Example 2:
// variables
let my_text = 'Hello World';
let my_letter = my_text.charAt(my_text.length-2);
// output to the HTML element
document.getElementById('my_output').innerHTML = my_letter;Note
To get a specific letter counting from the end of the string, we use the length method minus how many letters from the end we want to retrieve.
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Example 1:
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lSyntax
string.charAt(index)JavaScript Notes:
- When using JavaScript, single or double quotation marks are acceptable and work identically to one another; choose whichever you prefer, and stay consistent
- JavaScript is a case-sensitive language; firstName is NOT the same as firstname
- Arrays count starting from zero NOT one; so item 1 is position [0], item 2 is position [1], and item 3 is position [2] … and so on
- JavaScript variables must begin with a letter, $, or _
- JavaScript variables are case sensitive (x is not the same as X)
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