w3resource

JavaScript: Extract the first half of a string of even length

JavaScript Basic: Exercise-59 with Solution

Write a JavaScript program to extract the first half of a string of even length.

Pictorial Presentation:

JavaScript: Extract the first half of a string of even length

Sample Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
  <title>JavaScript program to  extract the first half of a string of even length.</title>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code:

function first_half (str) {
  if (str.length % 2 == 0) {
    return str.slice(0, str.length / 2);
  }
  return str;
}
console.log(first_half("Python"));  
console.log(first_half("JavaScript")); 
console.log(first_half("PHP"));

Sample Output:

Pyt
JavaS
PHP

Flowchart:

Flowchart: JavaScript - Extract the first half of a string of even length

ES6 Version:

function first_half (str) {
  if (str.length % 2 == 0) {
    return str.slice(0, str.length / 2);
  }
  return str;
}
console.log(first_half("Python"));  
console.log(first_half("JavaScript")); 
console.log(first_half("PHP"));

Visualize JavaScript code execution:

The following tool visualize what the computer is doing step-by-step as it executes the said program:

Live Demo:

See the Pen JavaScript - Extract the first half of a string of even length - basic-ex-59 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.


Contribute your code and comments through Disqus.

Previous: Write a JavaScript program to create a new string of 4 copies of the last 3 characters of a given original string.
Next: Write a JavaScript program to create a new string without the first and last character of a given string.

What is the difficulty level of this exercise?

Test your Programming skills with w3resource's quiz.



JavaScript: Tips of the Day

Converts a string to title case

Example:

const toTitleCase = str =>
  str
    .match(/[A-Z]{2,}(?=[A-Z][a-z]+[0-9]*|\b)|[A-Z]?[a-z]+[0-9]*|[A-Z]|[0-9]+/g)
    .map(x => x.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + x.slice(1))
    .join(' ');
console.log(toTitleCase('some_database_field_name')); // 'Some Database Field Name'
console.log(toTitleCase('Some label that needs to be title-cased')); // 'Some Label That Needs To Be Title Cased'
console.log(toTitleCase('some-package-name')); // 'Some Package Name'
console.log(toTitleCase('some-mixed_string with spaces_underscores-and-hyphens')); // 'Some Mixed String With Spaces Underscores And Hyphens'

Output:

"Some Database Field Name"
"Some Label That Needs To Be Title Cased"
"Some Package Name"
"Some Mixed String With Spaces Underscores And Hyphens"