Strings

Constructors & JavaScript 1.0 vs. Later Versions

`<script language=<JavaScript">` `var str = "My name is Rick";` `alert(str.length);`		`<script language=<JavaScript1.1">` `var str = new String("My name is Rick");` `alert(str.length);`
// reference a variable from the parent window `var customer = parent.custName + "";`		// reference a variable from the parent window `var = new String();` `customer = parent.custName;`
`</script>`		`</script>`

Methods & Properties

Method/Property		Description		Example		Value Returned
`.length`		Returns the length of the string as an interger.		`"horse".length`		5
`.charAt(pos)`		Returns the character at the position.		`"horse".charAt(0)`		"h"
`.indexOf(text) .indexOf(text, startPos)`		Returns the first occurance of the string after the starting postition. The starting postion defaults to zero.		`"manners".indexOf("n")`		2
`.lastIndexOf(text) .lastIndexOf(text, startPos)`		Returns the last occurance of the string before the ending postition. The ending postion defaults to end of the string.		`"manners".lastIndexOf("n")`		3
`.substring(startPos, endPos)`		Returns the substring starting at startPos and ending with endPos.		`"manners".substring(0,2)`		"man"

Formatting

JavaScript		HTML Returned
`"Chapter 1".anchor("ch1")`		`<A NAME=ch1>Chapter 1</A>`
`"highlight".big()`		`<BIG>highlight</BIG>`
`"I hate blinking text".blink()`		`<BLINK>I hate blinking text</BLINK>`
`"a = b + c".fixed()`		`<TT>a = b + c</TT>`
`"grass".fontcolor("green")`		`<FONT COLOR="green">grass</FONT>`
`"grass".fontsize(2)`		`<FONT SIZE="2">grass</FONT>`
`"Title".italics()`		`<I>Title</I>`
`"Yahoo".link("http://www.yahoo.com/")`		`<A HREF="http://www.yahoo.com/">Yahoo</A>`
`"footnote".small()`		`<SMALL>footnote</SMALL>`
`"old stuff".strike()`		`<STRIKE>old stuff</STRIKE>`
`"2".sub()`		`<SUB>2</SUB>`
`"2".sup()`		`<SUP>2</SUP>`
`"The Red Dog".toLowerCase()`		`the red dog`
`"The Red Dog".toUpperCase()`		`THE RED DOG`

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