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Name

charAt()

Class

String

Description

Returns the character at the specified index. An index ranges from 0 to the length of the string minus 1. The first character of the sequence is at index 0, the next at index 1, etc.

Examples

  • String str = "CCCP";
char c1 = str.charAt(0);
char c2 = str.charAt(1);
char c3 = str.charAt(str.length()-1);
println(c1 + ":" + c2 + ":" + c3);  // Prints "C:C:P"

Syntax

  • str.charAt(index)

Parameters

  • strString: any variable of type String
  • indexint: the index of the character

Return

  • char
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