How to get first character of string?

I have a string, and I need to get its first character.



var x = 'somestring';
alert(x[0]); //in ie7 returns undefined



How can I fix my code?

charAt can give wrong results for Unicode. Use Array.from:
Array.from('some string')[0];


[Note: The post originally recommended .charAt(). It was updated in June 2022 to recommend Array.from(). The discussion in the comments can be confusing without that piece of info.]

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