Keep only first n characters in a string

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Is there a way in JavaScript to remove the end of a string   I need to only keep the first 8 characters of a string and remove the rest

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You are looking for JavaScript s String method substring e g   Hiya how are you  substring 0 8    Which returns the string starting at the first character and finishing before the 9th character - i e   Hiya how   substring documentation

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Use the string substring from  to  API  In your case  use string substring 0 8

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Use substring function Check this out http   jsfiddle net kuc5as83   var string    1234567890  var substr string substr -8   document write substr    Output  gt  gt  34567890   substr -8  will keep last 8 chars  var substr string substr 8   document write substr    Output  gt  gt  90   substr 8  will keep last 2 chars  var substr string substr 0  8   document write substr    Output  gt  gt  12345678   substr 0  8  will keep first 8 chars  Check this out     string substr start length

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You can use  substring  which returns a potion of a string    abcdefghijklmnopq  substring 0  8       abcdefgh      portion from index 0 to 8

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You could try   myString substring 0  8

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var myString    Hello  how are you    myString slice 0 8

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You could use String slice   var str    12345678value   var strshortened   str slice 0 8   alert strshortened       gt   12345678    Using this  a String extension could be   String prototype truncate   String prototype truncate      function  n       return this slice 0 n        var str    12345678value   alert str truncate 8        gt   12345678    See also

[javascript] Keep only first n characters in a string?

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