JavaScript strings are
used for storing and manipulating text.
A JavaScript string
simply stores a series of characters like "John Doe".
A string can be any
text inside quotes. You can use single or double quotes:
String Length
The length of a string is found in
the built in property length:
Example
Special Characters
Because strings must
be written within quotes, JavaScript will misunderstand this string:
Example
String Methods
Method
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Description
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charAt()
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Returns
the character at the specified index (position)
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charCodeAt()
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Returns
the Unicode of the character at the specified index
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concat()
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Joins
two or more strings, and returns a copy of the joined strings
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fromCharCode()
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Converts
Unicode values to characters
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indexOf()
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Returns
the position of the first found occurrence of a specified value in a string
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lastIndexOf()
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Returns
the position of the last found occurrence of a specified value in a string
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localeCompare()
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Compares
two strings in the current locale
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match()
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Searches
a string for a match against a regular expression, and returns the matches
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replace()
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Searches
a string for a value and returns a new string with the value replaced
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search()
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Searches
a string for a value and returns the position of the match
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slice()
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Extracts
a part of a string and returns a new string
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split()
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Splits a
string into an array of substrings
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charAt() Example
charCodeAt() Example
concat() Example
lastIndexOf() Example
