# Coaching - JavaScript Methods 1
with Founders and Coders
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JavaScript Methods act like functions built into JavaScript.
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Methods give us the ability to do complex things with relatively little code.
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## String Methods
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String methods allow us to modify strings.
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### Examples
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The `charAt()` method tells us which character is at a certain position in a string.
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```javascript=
let myString = "Antelope"
let myCharacter = myString.charAt(3)
console.log(myCharacter)
```
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The `includes()` method tells us whether a string contains a specified string.
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```javascript=
let myString = "Anteater"
console.log(myString.includes("ant"))
console.log(myString.includes("eat"))
```
Note that the includes method is case sensitive.
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The `split()` method splits a string into an array of substrings.
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```javascript=
let myString = "The quick brown fox"
let characters = myString.split("")
let words = myString.split(" ")
let parts = myString.split("brown")
```
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## Array Methods
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Array methods allow us to manipulate and alter arrays.
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### Examples
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The `join()` method allows us to join together the values in an array.
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```javascript=
let myArray = ['l', 'i', 'o', 'n']
let myString = myArray.join();
let myLetters = myArray.join("-")
console.log(myString)
console.log(myLetters)
```
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The `pop()` method removes and returns the last element of an array.
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```javascript=
let myArray = ['Koala', 'Panda', 'Owl'];
let wiseAnimal = myArray.pop();
console.log(wiseAnimal)
```
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The `concat()` method allows us to join together two arrays.
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```javascript=
let firstArray = ['Badger', 'Lemur', 'Leopard'];
let secondArray = ['Chimpanzee', 'Wolf'];
let joinedArray = firstArray.concat(secondArray)
```
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This method can accept any number of arrays as arguments, and can accept strings!
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The `slice()` method slices out a piece of an array into a new array.
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```javascript=
let myArray = ['Aardvark', 'Rhino', 'Eagle', 'Bee', 'Earthworm', 'Ant'];
let bugs = myArray.slice(3);
```
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We can pass two arguments to slice: a start position and an end position.
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```javascript=
let myArray = ['Aardvark', 'Rhino', 'Eagle', 'Bee', 'Earthworm', 'Ant'];
let bugs = myArray.slice(3);
let flyingAnimals = myArray.slice(2,4)
```
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