JavaScript String slice()

slice() Syntax

The syntax of the slice() method is:

str.slice(beginIndex, endIndex)

Here, str is a string.

slice() Parameters

The slice() method takes in:

• beginIndex - Starting index of the selection
• endIndex (optional) - Ending index of the selection (Exclusive) By default, it extracts till the end of the string.

slice() Return Value

• Returns a new string containing the extracted section of the string.

Note: The slice() method does not change the original string.

Example 1: Using slice() method

Output

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Script is a

Example 2: Using slice() method with negative indices

If beginIndex or endIndex are negative, the values are counted from backward. For example, -1 represents the last element, -2 represents the second-to-last element and so on.

Output

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language

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