Use split method with 0 indexes to get the only first word of string in JavaScript. The split method returns an array, so you can easily get the first element.
> "hey there".split(" ")[0]
"hey"Get the first word of string JavaScript example
HTML example code:
You need to split the string by space and get only 0 index values.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<body>
<script>
var str = "Hello world!";
var res = str.split(' ')[0];
console.log(res);
</script>
</body>
</html> Output:
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Note: The All JS Examples codes are tested on the Firefox browser and the Chrome browser.
OS: Windows 10
Code: HTML 5 Version