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 string  = "Hello World";
console.log(charAt(0));

The charAt(0) is JavaScript method, It will return value based on index, here 0 is the index for first letter.