String In JavaScript
A JavaScript string simply stores a series of characters like "prasun".
Creating a String object
Syntax :
var val = new String(string);
String Properties:
| Property |
Description |
| constructor |
Returns a reference to the String function |
| length |
Returns the length of the string. |
| prototype |
The prototype property allows you to add properties and methods to an object. |
String Methods :
| Property |
Description |
| indexOf() |
Returns the index within the calling String object of the first occurrence of the specified value |
| concat() |
Combines the text of two strings and returns a new string. |
| charAt() |
Returns the character at the specified index. |
| charCodeAt() |
Returns a number indicating the Unicode value |
| match() |
match a regular expression against a string. |
| replace() |
Searches a string for a value and returns a new string with the value replaced |
| localeCompare() |
Compares two strings in the current locale
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| slice() |
Extracts a section of a string and returns a new string. |
| substring() |
Returns the characters in a string between two indexes into the string. |
| toString() |
Returns a string representing the specified object. |
| toLowerCase() |
Returns the calling string value converted to lower case. |
| toUpperCase() |
Returns the calling string value converted to uppercase. |
| valueOf() |
Returns the primitive value of a String object |
| split() |
Splits a string into an array of substrings |
String HTML wrappers :
| Method |
Description |
| blink() |
Creates a string to blink as if it were in a <blink> tag. |
| bold() |
Creates a string to be displayed as bold as if it were in a <b> tag. |
| anchor() |
Creates an HTML anchor that is used as a hypertext target.
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| fontcolor() |
Causes a string to be displayed in the specified color as if it were in a <font color="color"> tag. |
| fixed() |
Causes a string to be displayed in fixed-pitch font as if it were in a <tt> tag |
| link() |
Creates an HTML hypertext link that requests another URL. |
| sub() |
Causes a string to be displayed as a subscript, as if it were in a <sub> tag |
| sup() |
Causes a string to be displayed as a superscript, as if it were in a <sup> tag |
