# The String slice() method

> Learn how the JavaScript slice() method returns a new portion of a string between a begin and end position, and how negative indexes count back from the end.

Author: Flavio Copes | Published: 2019-02-28 | Canonical: https://flaviocopes.com/javascript-string-slice/

Return a new string from the part of the string included between the `begin` and `end` positions.

The original string is not mutated.

`end` is optional.

```js
'This is my car'.slice(5) //is my car
'This is my car'.slice(5, 10) //is my
```

If you set a negative first parameter, the start index starts from the end, and the second parameter must be negative as well, always counting from the end:

```js
'This is my car'.slice(-6) //my car
'This is my car'.slice(-6, -4) //my
```