<script type="text/javascript">
var myval = "This is my string value";
var char = myval.charAt(myval.length-1);
switch (char) {
case 0: alert('Value was 0'); break;
case 1: alert('Value was 1'); break;
case 2: alert('Value was 2'); break;
case 3: alert('Value was 3'); break;
default: alert('Value was something else')
}
</script>