The charAt() method in JavaScript is used to retrieve the character at a specified index within a string. The index is passed as an argument to the method, and it returns the character at that position.
Note: JavaScript uses zero-based indexing, meaning the first character is at index 0, the second at index 1, and so on.
Syntax:
character = str.charAt(index);
Parameters:
- index: The range of this index is between 0 and length – 1. If no index is specified then the first character of the string is returned as 0 is the default index used for this function.
Return Value:
Returns a single character located at the index specified as the argument to the function. If the index is out of range, then this function returns an empty string.
Example 1: Below is an example of the String charAt() Method.
JavaScript
function func() {
let str = 'JavaScript is object oriented language';
let value = str.charAt(0);
let value1 = str.charAt(4);
console.log(value);
console.log(value1);
}
func();
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Example 2: In this example, the function charAt() finds the character at index 9 and returns it.
JavaScript
function func() {
let str = 'JavaScript is object oriented language';
let value = str.charAt(9);
console.log(value);
}
func();
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Example 3: In this example, the function charAt() finds the character at index 50. Since the index is out of bounds for the given string therefore the function returns “”an empty string.
JavaScript
function func() {
let str = 'JavaScript is object oriented language';
let value = str.charAt(50);
console.log(value);
}
func();
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Example 4: In this example we are using a variable as the index
Javascript
let str = 'Geeksforgeeks!';
let index = 4;
console.log(str.charAt(index));
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We have a complete list of JavaScript string methods, to check those please go through this Javascript String Complete reference article.
Supported Browser:
- Chrome
- Edge
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari
We have a Cheat Sheet on Javascript where we covered all the important topics of Javascript to check those please go through Javascript Cheat Sheet-A Basic guide to JavaScript.
Last Updated :
28 Dec, 2023
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