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

Looks like I am late to the party, but try the below solution which I personally found the best solution:

var x = "testing sub string"
alert(x[0]);
alert(x[1]);

Output should show alert with below values: "t" "e"

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

Try this as well:

x.substr(0, 1);

Answer 4

Using jQuery:

var x = 'somestring';
var y = x.substr(0, 1);

Answer 5

in JQuery you can use: in class for Select Option:

$('.className').each(function(){
    className.push($("option:selected",this).val().substr(1));
});

in class for text Value:

$('.className').each(function(){
    className.push($(this).val().substr(1));
});

in ID for text Value:

$("#id").val().substr(1)