String charAt() Method with Example in JavaScript

JavaScrpt String charAt() Method: Here, we are going to learn about the charAt() method with Example in JavaScript.
Submitted by IncludeHelp, on February 05, 2019

String charAt() Method

charAt() is a string method in JavaScript, it is used to get the character of specified index from the string.

Note:

If there is no specified index with the chatAt() method – it returns the first character of the string.
If index is outof range with the chatAt() method – it returns null ("").

Syntax:

    character = str.charAt([index]);

Here,

str is the main string, we are getting the character from.
index is the position of the string, we want to get the character from. index is an optional parameter and it's default value is 0.

Examples:

    Input:
    str = "Hello123"
    index: 0
    Output:
    "H"

    Input:
    str = "Hello123"
    index: 5
    Output:
    "1"

    Input:
    str = "Hello123"
    index: 10
    Output:
    ""

    Input:
    str = "Hello123"
    index: No index
    Output:
    "H"

Code:

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScipt Example</title>
</head>

<body>
<script>		
	var str = "Hello123";
	document.write("char at 0 index: " + str.charAt(0) + "<br>");
	document.write("char at 1 index: " + str.charAt(1) + "<br>");
	document.write("char at 2 index: " + str.charAt(2) + "<br>");
	document.write("char at 3 index: " + str.charAt(3) + "<br>");
	document.write("char at 4 index: " + str.charAt(4) + "<br>");
	document.write("char at 5 index: " + str.charAt(5) + "<br>");
	document.write("char at 6 index: " + str.charAt(6) + "<br>");
	document.write("char at 7 index: " + str.charAt(7) + "<br>");
	
	//test with out of range index
	document.write("char at 10 index: " + str.charAt(10) + "<br>");
	document.write("char at -1 index: " + str.charAt(-1) + "<br>");
	//without specifying the index in function
	document.write("char at 0 index: " + str.charAt() + "<br>");
	
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

char at 0 index: H
char at 1 index: e
char at 2 index: l
char at 3 index: l
char at 4 index: o
char at 5 index: 1
char at 6 index: 2
char at 7 index: 3
char at 10 index: 
char at -1 index: 
char at 0 index: H

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