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Slicing A String

Explore how to use the slice method in JavaScript for extracting substrings from a string. Understand its parameters, how to apply negative indices for slicing from the end, and why slice is preferred over similar methods for practical coding tasks.

The slice method

The slice method is commonly used in simple functions and coding challenges. It returns a substring of the string specified by its argument list.

The easiest way to remember the parameter list of slice is:

str.slice(firstIndexInString) ...