new in javascript......need help..

[celcomgirl]

hai.. i new in js...
i need some helps

from other resoures to read value in field using javascript can do like this
example:

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me.date_me.value


me is form name
date_me is field name

but if i do like that it will read the whole field.how come if i want only read the 7 character from the field?
for example value of field is '2008-11-11' but i only want read '2008-11'
plzz help me....

[Suhoij]

This is JavaScript function substr

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var 7chars = me.date_me.value.substr(0,7);