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The following link has various JS string functions<br />
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<a href="http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_obj_string.asp" rel="ugc">http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_obj_string.asp</a><br />
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You could use<br />
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1. substr<br />
2. substring<br />
3. charAt<br />
..<br />
...<br />
Amit
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The following link has various JS string functions

http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_obj_string.asp [http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_obj_string.asp]

You could use

1. substr
2. substring
3. charAt
..
...
Amit

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the script below passes a form entry to a hidden field...<br />
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&lt;script language=&quot;JavaScript&quot;&gt;&lt;!--<wbr /><br />
function copyData(from,to) { to.value = left(from.value),2; }<br />
//--&gt;&lt;/script&gt;<br />
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how can I get this to copy just the first two characters<br />
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the script below passes a form entry to a hidden field...

<script language="JavaScript"></script>

how can I get this to copy just the first two characters

get first characters in form

JavaScript is a dynamic, object-based language commonly used for client-side scripting in web browsers. Recently, server side JavaScript frameworks have also emerged. JavaScript runs on nearly every operating system and  in almost every mainstream web browser.