How to get first character of string?

Question

I have a string, and I need to get its first character.

var x = \'somestring\';
alert(x[0]); //in ie7 returns undefined

How can I fix my co

Answer 1

var str="stack overflow";

firstChar  = str.charAt(0);

secondChar = str.charAt(1);

Tested in IE6+, FF, Chrome, safari.