How can I get the first three letters of a string in JQuery? [closed]

Answer 1

you could also do:

var str = "cat1234";
console.log( str.substr(0, 3));

Answer 2

Use .slice(start, end) with start and end values:

var str = 'cat1234';
document.body.innerHTML = str.slice(0, 3);

With javascript you can use a regular expression with .match() method to exclude the number and get the string value.

var str ='cat1234',
    rg = /[a-zA-Z]+/g,
    ns = str.match(rg);

document.body.innerHTML = ns[0];

Answer 3

Use substring():

"cat1234".substring(0,3);

It means "get all the characters starting at position 0 up to position 3".

Please note this is not a JQuery function, it's plain Java Script.

Answer 4

No jQuery needed! Just use the substring method:

var name = "cat1234"

var variable2 = name.substring(0, 3);