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Use Bracket Notation to Find the First Character in a String

Use Bracket Notation to Find the First Character in a String

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Hints

Hint 1

Remember that the first character of a string is at the zero-th position. For example:

var str = "Hello";
var letter = str[0]; // This equals "H"