I am working with openlayers and I can get a point on a map but I can't get the individual coords. feat = drawLayer.features[0];

       var geom = feat.geometry;
       var loca = geom.toShortString();
       var long = loc.substr(0,9);

       alert(geom.toShortString());//returns the correct coords in xx.xxx,xx.xxx format
       alert(loca);//returns 2 very large numbers in xx.xxx,xx.xxx format
       alert(long);//returns the first, incorrect number

What exaclty am I doing wrong and how can I correct it?

Thanks