Get part of a string in javascript?

[Bannana97]

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var x = "$5.99 something here";
// How would I get the first 6 letters in 'x' ?

Thanks for your time and assistance.

[kpac]

substr() - http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_substr.asp
slice() - http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_slice_string.asp

I'd say substr() is what you want.