JavaScript charAt() | Find Character at Specified Position in String

The JavaScript charAt() method is used when we need to find character available at specified position in a specified string. For example:

HTML with JavaScript Code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
   
   <p>The character at index no.4 is: <span id="x"></span></p>

   <script>
      let myString = "jobails.com";
      
      let myChar = myString.charAt(4);
      document.getElementById("x").innerHTML = myChar;
   </script>
   
</body>
</html>

Output

The character at index no.4 is:

Since indexing starts with 0, therefore in the string "jobails.com":

'c' is at index no.0
'o' is at index no.1
'd' is at index no.2
'e' is at index no.3
's' is at index no.4
and so on

JavaScript charAt() Syntax

The syntax of charAt() method in JavaScript is:

string.charAt(index)

The index parameter is optional. Its default value is 0. Therefore, without index parameter, the charAt() method returns the first character of the specified string. For example:

HTML with JavaScript Code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

   <p id="xyz"></p>
   
   <script>
      let myStr = "jobails.com";
      document.getElementById("xyz").innerHTML = myStr.charAt();
   </script>
   
</body>
</html>

Output

Find Last Character of a String using charAt()

To find the last character of a specified string using the charAt() method in JavaScript, here is an example:

HTML with JavaScript Code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

   <p id="abc"></p>
   
   <script>
      let mstr = "jobails.com";
      document.getElementById("abc").innerHTML = mstr.charAt(mstr.length - 1);
   </script>
   
</body>
</html>

Output

Note - The string.length returns the length of the string.

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