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String.charAt() 795

String.charAt()

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

my_str.charAt(index:Number) : String

Parameters

index

A number; an integer specifying the position of a character in the string. The first

character is indicated by

0, and the last character is indicated by my_str.length-1.

Returns

A character.

Description

Method; returns the character in the position specified by the parameter index. If index is not a

number from 0 to

string.length - 1, an empty string is returned.

This method is similar to

String.charCodeAt() except that the returned value is a character, not

a 16-bit integer character code.

Example

In the following example, this method is called on the first letter of the string "Chris":

var my_str:String = "Chris";

var firstChar_str:String = my_str.charAt(0);

trace(firstChar_str); // output: C