JavaScript - The Strings Object
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The String object lets you work with a series of characters; it wraps Javascript's string primitive data type with a number of helper methods.
As JavaScript automatically converts between string primitives and String objects, you can call any of the helper methods of the String object on a string primitive.
Syntax
Use the following syntax to create a String object −
var val = new String(string);
The String parameter is a series of characters that has been properly encoded.
String Properties
Here is a list of the properties of String object and their description.
Sr.No | Property & Description |
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1 | constructor
Returns a reference to the String function that created the object.
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2 | length
Returns the length of the string.
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3 | prototype
The prototype property allows you to add properties and methods to an object.
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In the following sections, we will have a few examples to demonstrate the usage of String properties.
String Methods
Here is a list of the methods available in String object along with their description.
Sr.No | Method & Description |
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1 | charAt()
Returns the character at the specified index.
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2 | charCodeAt()
Returns a number indicating the Unicode value of the character at the given index.
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3 | concat()
Combines the text of two strings and returns a new string.
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4 | indexOf()
Returns the index within the calling String object of the first occurrence of the specified value, or -1 if not found.
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5 | lastIndexOf()
Returns the index within the calling String object of the last occurrence of the specified value, or -1 if not found.
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6 | localeCompare()
Returns a number indicating whether a reference string comes before or after or is the same as the given string in sort order.
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7 | match()
Used to match a regular expression against a string.
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8 | replace()
Used to find a match between a regular expression and a string, and to replace the matched substring with a new substring.
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9 | search()
Executes the search for a match between a regular expression and a specified string.
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10 | slice()
Extracts a section of a string and returns a new string.
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11 | split()
Splits a String object into an array of strings by separating the string into substrings.
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12 | substr()
Returns the characters in a string beginning at the specified location through the specified number of characters.
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13 | substring()
Returns the characters in a string between two indexes into the string.
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14 | toLocaleLowerCase()
The characters within a string are converted to lower case while respecting the current locale.
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15 | toLocaleUpperCase()
The characters within a string are converted to upper case while respecting the current locale.
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16 | toLowerCase()
Returns the calling string value converted to lower case.
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17 | toString()
Returns a string representing the specified object.
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18 | toUpperCase()
Returns the calling string value converted to uppercase.
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19 | valueOf()
Returns the primitive value of the specified object.
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String HTML Wrappers
Here is a list of the methods that return a copy of the string wrapped inside an appropriate HTML tag.
Sr.No | Method & Description |
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1 | anchor()
Creates an HTML anchor that is used as a hypertext target.
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2 | big()
Creates a string to be displayed in a big font as if it were in a <big> tag.
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3 | blink()
Creates a string to blink as if it were in a <blink> tag.
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4 | bold()
Creates a string to be displayed as bold as if it were in a <b> tag.
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5 | fixed()
Causes a string to be displayed in fixed-pitch font as if it were in a <tt> tag
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6 | fontcolor()
Causes a string to be displayed in the specified color as if it were in a <font color="color"> tag.
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7 | fontsize()
Causes a string to be displayed in the specified font size as if it were in a <font size="size"> tag.
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8 | italics()
Causes a string to be italic, as if it were in an <i> tag.
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9 | link()
Creates an HTML hypertext link that requests another URL.
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10 | small()
Causes a string to be displayed in a small font, as if it were in a <small> tag.
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11 | strike()
Causes a string to be displayed as struck-out text, as if it were in a <strike> tag.
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12 | sub()
Causes a string to be displayed as a subscript, as if it were in a <sub> tag
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13 | sup()
Causes a string to be displayed as a superscript, as if it were in a <sup> tag
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In the following sections, we will have a few examples to demonstrate the usage of String methods.
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