Display only 10 characters of a long string?

Question

How do I get a long text string (like a querystring) to display a maximum of 10 characters, using JQuery?

Sorry guys I\'m a novice at JavaScript & JQuery :S

Answer 1

Try this :)

var mystring = "How do I get a long text string";
mystring = mystring.substring(0,10);
alert(mystring);