at() method returns the character at a specified index (position) in a string.

syntax ↴

at(index) ↴

index The index (position) of the string character to be returned.

The first position is 0, the second is 1, ...

A negative number counts back from the end of the string.

at() method returns a new string consisting of the single UTF-16 code unit located at the given index (position) in the string.

at() method returns undefined if the given index cannot be found.

const myString = 'Hello World';

myString.at(0); returns 'H'

myString[0]; returns 'H' (but you cannot use a negative index).

at() method is similar to charAt() method except ↴

at() method allows a negative index and returns undefined if the given index cannot be found.

charAt() method does not allow a negative index and returns an empty string "" if the given index cannot be found.

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