syntax:

string.charAt(position)

where:

position - offset within a string.

return:

string - character at position

description:

This method gets the character at the specified position. If no character exists at location position, or if position is less than 0, then NaN is returned.

see:

String charCodeAt()

example:

// To get the first character in a string,

// use as follows:

var string = "a string";

string.charAt(0);

// To get the last character in a string, use:

string.charAt(string.length - 1);