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Asked: 2026-05-17T01:19:45+00:00

What is the difference between alert(abc.substr(0,2)); and alert(abc.substring(0,2)); They both seem to output ab.

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What is the difference between

alert("abc".substr(0,2));

and

alert("abc".substring(0,2));

They both seem to output “ab”.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The difference is in the second argument. The second argument to substring is the index to stop at (but not include), but the second argument to substr is the maximum length to return.

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    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/substr

    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/substring

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