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JavaScript charCodeAt () method

String Object Reference JavaScript String Object

Examples

Returns Unicode encoded string of the first character:

var str = "HELLO WORLD";
var n = str.charCodeAt(0);

n output:


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Definition and Usage

Unicode encoding charCodeAt () method returns the position of the specified character.

Location string of the first character is 0, the second character position is 1, and so on.


Browser Support

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All major browsers support charCodeAt () method


grammar

string.charCodeAt( index )

Parameter Value

参数 描述
index 必需。表示字符串中某个位置的数字,即字符在字符串中的下标。

return value

类型 描述
Number 返回在指定的位置的字符的 Unicode 编码。

technical details

JavaScript version: 1.2


More examples

Examples

Returns Unicode encoded string of the last character:

var str = "HELLO WORLD";
var n = str.charCodeAt(str.length-1);

n output:


try it"


String Object Reference JavaScript String Object