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JavaScript Training for GET’s

JavaScript is a lightweight, interpreted programming

language. It is designed for creating network-centric
applications. It is complimentary to and integrated with
Java. JavaScript is very easy to implement because it is
integrated with HTML. It is open and cross-platform.

This tutorial has been prepared for JavaScript beginners

to help them understand the basic functionality of
JavaScript to build dynamic web pages and web
applications.

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Table of Contents
PART 1: JAVASCRIPT BASICS ............................................................................................................................ 1

1. Overview .................................................................................................................................................. 2
What is JavaScript? .......................................................................................................................................... 2
Client-Side JavaScript....................................................................................................................................... 2
Advantages of JavaScript ................................................................................................................................. 3
Limitations of JavaScript .................................................................................................................................. 3
JavaScript Development Tools......................................................................................................................... 3
Where is JavaScript Today? ............................................................................................................................. 4

2. Syntax ....................................................................................................................................................... 5
Your First JavaScript Code ............................................................................................................................... 5
Whitespace and Line Breaks ............................................................................................................................ 6
Semicolons are Optional.................................................................................................................................. 6
Case Sensitivity ................................................................................................................................................ 7
Comments in JavaScript .................................................................................................................................. 7

3. Enabling .................................................................................................................................................... 9
JavaScript in Internet Explorer ........................................................................................................................ 9
JavaScript in Firefox ......................................................................................................................................... 9
JavaScript in Chrome ..................................................................................................................................... 10
JavaScript in Opera ........................................................................................................................................ 10
Warning for Non-JavaScript Browsers ........................................................................................................... 10

4. Placement ............................................................................................................................................... 12
JavaScript in <head>...</head> Section ......................................................................................................... 12
JavaScript in <body>...</body> Section ......................................................................................................... 13
JavaScript in <body> and <head> Sections .................................................................................................... 13
JavaScript in External File .............................................................................................................................. 14

5. Variables ................................................................................................................................................. 16
JavaScript Datatypes...................................................................................................................................... 16
JavaScript Variables ....................................................................................................................................... 16
JavaScript Variable Scope .............................................................................................................................. 17
JavaScript Variable Names............................................................................................................................. 18
JavaScript Reserved Words ........................................................................................................................... 19

6. Operators................................................................................................................................................ 20
What is an Operator? .................................................................................................................................... 20
Arithmetic Operators..................................................................................................................................... 20
Comparison Operators .................................................................................................................................. 23
Logical Operators........................................................................................................................................... 26
Bitwise Operators .......................................................................................................................................... 28
Assignment Operators ................................................................................................................................... 31
Miscellaneous Operators ............................................................................................................................... 34

7. If-Else ...................................................................................................................................................... 38
Flow Chart of if-else ....................................................................................................................................... 38

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if Statement ................................................................................................................................................... 39
if...else Statement ......................................................................................................................................... 40
if...else if... Statement ................................................................................................................................... 41

8. Switch-Case............................................................................................................................................. 43
Flow Chart ..................................................................................................................................................... 43

9. While Loop .............................................................................................................................................. 47

The while Loop .............................................................................................................................................. 47
The do...while Loop ....................................................................................................................................... 49

10. For Loop .................................................................................................................................................. 52

The for Loop .................................................................................................................................................. 52

11. For-in Loop .............................................................................................................................................. 55

12. Loop Control ........................................................................................................................................... 57

The break Statement ..................................................................................................................................... 57
The continue Statement ................................................................................................................................ 59
Using Labels to Control the Flow ................................................................................................................... 60

13. Functions ................................................................................................................................................ 64

Function Definition ........................................................................................................................................ 64
Calling a Function .......................................................................................................................................... 65
Function Parameters ..................................................................................................................................... 66
The return Statement .................................................................................................................................... 67
Nested Functions ........................................................................................................................................... 68
Function () Constructor ................................................................................................................................. 70
Function Literals ............................................................................................................................................ 71

14. Events ..................................................................................................................................................... 74

What is an Event? .......................................................................................................................................... 74
onclick Event Type ......................................................................................................................................... 74
onsubmit Event Type ..................................................................................................................................... 75
onmouseover and onmouseout .................................................................................................................... 76
HTML 5 Standard Events ............................................................................................................................... 77

15. Cookies ................................................................................................................................................... 82

What are Cookies?......................................................................................................................................... 82
How It Works? ............................................................................................................................................... 82
Storing Cookies .............................................................................................................................................. 83
Reading Cookies ............................................................................................................................................ 84
Setting Cookies Expiry Date ........................................................................................................................... 86
Deleting a Cookie ........................................................................................................................................... 87

16. Page Redirect .......................................................................................................................................... 89

What is Page Redirection? ............................................................................................................................. 89
JavaScript Page Refresh ................................................................................................................................. 89
Auto Refresh .................................................................................................................................................. 89
How Page Re-direction Works? ..................................................................................................................... 90

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17. Dialog Box ............................................................................................................................................... 94
Alert Dialog Box ............................................................................................................................................. 94
Confirmation Dialog Box ................................................................................................................................ 95
Prompt Dialog Box ......................................................................................................................................... 96

18. Void Keyword ......................................................................................................................................... 98

19. Page Printing ......................................................................................................................................... 101

How to Print a Page? ................................................................................................................................... 102

PART 2: JAVASCRIPT OBJECTS ................................................................................................. 103

20. Objects.................................................................................................................................................. 105

Object Properties......................................................................................................................................... 105
Object Methods ........................................................................................................................................... 105
User-Defined Objects .................................................................................................................................. 106
Defining Methods for an Object .................................................................................................................. 108
The ‘with’ Keyword ...................................................................................................................................... 109

21. Number................................................................................................................................................. 111

Number Properties ...................................................................................................................................... 111
MAX_VALUE ................................................................................................................................................ 112
MIN_VALUE ................................................................................................................................................. 113
NaN .............................................................................................................................................................. 114
NEGATIVE_INFINITY ..................................................................................................................................... 116
POSITIVE_INFINITY ...................................................................................................................................... 117
Prototype ..................................................................................................................................................... 118
constructor .................................................................................................................................................. 120
Number Methods ........................................................................................................................................ 120
toExponential () ........................................................................................................................................... 121
toFixed ()...................................................................................................................................................... 123
toLocaleString () .......................................................................................................................................... 124
toPrecision () ............................................................................................................................................... 125
toString () ..................................................................................................................................................... 126
valueOf () ..................................................................................................................................................... 127

22. Boolean ................................................................................................................................................ 129

Boolean Properties ...................................................................................................................................... 129
constructor () ............................................................................................................................................... 129
Prototype ..................................................................................................................................................... 130
Boolean Methods ........................................................................................................................................ 131
toSource () ................................................................................................................................................... 132
toString () ..................................................................................................................................................... 133
valueOf () ..................................................................................................................................................... 134
23. String .................................................................................................................................................... 136
String Properties .......................................................................................................................................... 136
constructor .................................................................................................................................................. 136
Length .......................................................................................................................................................... 137
Prototype ..................................................................................................................................................... 138
String Methods ............................................................................................................................................ 139
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charAt() ........................................................................................................................................................ 141
charCodeAt ()............................................................................................................................................... 142
contact () ..................................................................................................................................................... 143
indexOf () ..................................................................................................................................................... 144
lastIndexOf () ............................................................................................................................................... 146
localeCompare () ......................................................................................................................................... 147
match () ....................................................................................................................................................... 148
replace () ...................................................................................................................................................... 149
Search () ....................................................................................................................................................... 152
slice ()........................................................................................................................................................... 153
split () ........................................................................................................................................................... 154
substr ()........................................................................................................................................................ 155
substring () ................................................................................................................................................... 156
toLocaleLowerCase() ................................................................................................................................... 157
toLocaleUppereCase () ................................................................................................................................ 158
toLowerCase () ............................................................................................................................................. 159
toString () ..................................................................................................................................................... 160
toUpperCase ()............................................................................................................................................. 161
valueOf () ..................................................................................................................................................... 162
String HTML Wrappers ................................................................................................................................ 163
anchor() ....................................................................................................................................................... 164
big().............................................................................................................................................................. 165
blink () .......................................................................................................................................................... 166
bold () .......................................................................................................................................................... 166
fixed () .......................................................................................................................................................... 167
fontColor () .................................................................................................................................................. 168
fontsize () ..................................................................................................................................................... 169
italics () ........................................................................................................................................................ 170
link () ............................................................................................................................................................ 171
small () ......................................................................................................................................................... 172
strike ()......................................................................................................................................................... 173
sub() ............................................................................................................................................................. 174
sup () ............................................................................................................................................................ 175

24. Arrays ................................................................................................................................................... 177

Array Properties .......................................................................................................................................... 177
constructor .................................................................................................................................................. 178
length........................................................................................................................................................... 179
Prototype ..................................................................................................................................................... 180
Array Methods ............................................................................................................................................. 181
concat () ....................................................................................................................................................... 183
every ()......................................................................................................................................................... 184
filter () .......................................................................................................................................................... 186
forEach () ..................................................................................................................................................... 189
indexOf () ..................................................................................................................................................... 191
join () ........................................................................................................................................................... 194
lastIndexOf () ............................................................................................................................................... 195
map () .......................................................................................................................................................... 198
pop () ........................................................................................................................................................... 200
push () .......................................................................................................................................................... 201
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reduce () ...................................................................................................................................................... 203
reduceRight () .............................................................................................................................................. 206
reverse ()...................................................................................................................................................... 210
shift () .......................................................................................................................................................... 211
slice ()........................................................................................................................................................... 212
some () ......................................................................................................................................................... 213
sort () ........................................................................................................................................................... 215
splice () ........................................................................................................................................................ 216
toString () ..................................................................................................................................................... 218
unshift () ...................................................................................................................................................... 218

25. Date ...................................................................................................................................................... 220

Date Properties ............................................................................................................................................ 221
constructor .................................................................................................................................................. 221
Prototype ..................................................................................................................................................... 222
Date Methods .............................................................................................................................................. 224
Date() ........................................................................................................................................................... 227
getDate()...................................................................................................................................................... 227
getDay() ....................................................................................................................................................... 228
getFullYear() ................................................................................................................................................ 229
getHours() .................................................................................................................................................... 230
getMilliseconds() ......................................................................................................................................... 231
getMinutes () ............................................................................................................................................... 232
getMonth () ................................................................................................................................................. 233
getSeconds () ............................................................................................................................................... 234
getTime () .................................................................................................................................................... 234
getTimezoneOffset () ................................................................................................................................... 235
getUTCDate () .............................................................................................................................................. 236
getUTCDay () ................................................................................................................................................ 237
getUTCFullYear () ......................................................................................................................................... 238
getUTCHours () ............................................................................................................................................ 239
getUTCMilliseconds () .................................................................................................................................. 240
getUTCMinutes () ........................................................................................................................................ 241
getUTCMonth () ........................................................................................................................................... 241
getUTCSeconds ()......................................................................................................................................... 242
getYear () ..................................................................................................................................................... 243
setDate () ..................................................................................................................................................... 244
setFullYear () ................................................................................................................................................ 245
setHours () ................................................................................................................................................... 246
setMilliseconds () ......................................................................................................................................... 247
setMinutes () ............................................................................................................................................... 248
setMonth () .................................................................................................................................................. 249
setSeconds () ............................................................................................................................................... 250
setTime () ..................................................................................................................................................... 252
setUTCDate () .............................................................................................................................................. 252
setUTCFullYear () ......................................................................................................................................... 253
setUTCHours ()............................................................................................................................................. 255
setUTCMilliseconds () .................................................................................................................................. 256
setUTCMinutes () ......................................................................................................................................... 257
setUTC Month () .......................................................................................................................................... 258
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setUTCSeconds () ......................................................................................................................................... 259
setYear () ..................................................................................................................................................... 260
toDateString () ............................................................................................................................................. 261
toGMTString () ............................................................................................................................................. 262
toLocaleDateString () ................................................................................................................................... 263
toLocaleDateString () ................................................................................................................................... 264
toLocaleFormat () ........................................................................................................................................ 264
toLocaleString () .......................................................................................................................................... 265
toLocaleTimeSring () .................................................................................................................................... 266
toSource () ................................................................................................................................................... 267
toString () ..................................................................................................................................................... 268
toTimeString () ............................................................................................................................................. 269
toUTCString () .............................................................................................................................................. 270
valeOf () ....................................................................................................................................................... 271
Date Static Methods .................................................................................................................................... 272
Date.parse ( ) ............................................................................................................................................... 272
Date.UTC ( ) ................................................................................................................................................. 273

26. Math ..................................................................................................................................................... 275

Math Properties .......................................................................................................................................... 275
Math-E ......................................................................................................................................................... 276
Math-LN2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 277
Math-LN10 ................................................................................................................................................... 277
Math-LOG2E ................................................................................................................................................ 278
Math-LOG10E .............................................................................................................................................. 279
Math-PI ........................................................................................................................................................ 280
Math-SQRT1_2 ............................................................................................................................................ 280
Math-SQRT2 ................................................................................................................................................ 281
Math Methods ............................................................................................................................................. 282
abs () ............................................................................................................................................................ 283
acos () .......................................................................................................................................................... 284
asin ( ) .......................................................................................................................................................... 286
atan ( ) ......................................................................................................................................................... 287
atan2 ( ) ....................................................................................................................................................... 288
ceil ( ) ........................................................................................................................................................... 290
cos ( ) ........................................................................................................................................................... 291
exp ( ) ........................................................................................................................................................... 292
floor ( ) ......................................................................................................................................................... 294
log ( ) ............................................................................................................................................................ 295
max ( ) .......................................................................................................................................................... 296
min ( ) .......................................................................................................................................................... 298
pow ( ) .......................................................................................................................................................... 299
random ( ) .................................................................................................................................................... 300
round ( ) ....................................................................................................................................................... 301
sin ( ) ............................................................................................................................................................ 303
sqrt ( ) .......................................................................................................................................................... 304
tan ( ) ........................................................................................................................................................... 305
toSource ( ) .................................................................................................................................................. 306

27. RegExp .................................................................................................................................................. 308

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Brackets ....................................................................................................................................................... 308
Quantifiers ................................................................................................................................................... 309
Literal Characters......................................................................................................................................... 310
Metacharacters ........................................................................................................................................... 311
Modifiers ..................................................................................................................................................... 311
RegExp Properties ....................................................................................................................................... 312
constructor .................................................................................................................................................. 312
global ........................................................................................................................................................... 313
ignoreCase ................................................................................................................................................... 314
lastIndex ...................................................................................................................................................... 316
multiline....................................................................................................................................................... 317
source .......................................................................................................................................................... 318
RegExp Methods .......................................................................................................................................... 319
exec ( ) ......................................................................................................................................................... 320
test ( ) .......................................................................................................................................................... 321
toSource ( ) .................................................................................................................................................. 322
toString ( ) .................................................................................................................................................. g323

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Part 1: JavaScript Basics

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Javascript
1. OVERVIEW

What is JavaScript?
Javascript is a dynamic computer programming language. It is lightweight and
most commonly used as a part of web pages, whose implementations allow client-
side script to interact with the user and make dynamic pages. It is an interpreted
programming language with object-oriented capabilities.

JavaScript was first known as LiveScript, but Netscape changed its name to
JavaScript, possibly because of the excitement being generated by Java.
JavaScript made its first appearance in Netscape 2.0 in 1995 with the name
LiveScript. The general-purpose core of the language has been embedded in
Netscape, Internet Explorer, and other web browsers.

The ECMA-262 Specification defined a standard version of the core JavaScript

language.

• JavaScript is a lightweight, interpreted programming language.

• Designed for creating network-centric applications.

• Complementary to and integrated with Java.

• Complementary to and integrated with HTML.

• Open and cross-platform.

Client-Side JavaScript
Client-side JavaScript is the most common form of the language. The script should
be included in or referenced by an HTML document for the code to be interpreted
by the browser.

It means that a web page need not be a static HTML, but can include programs
that interact with the user, control the browser, and dynamically create HTML
content.

The JavaScript client-side mechanism provides many advantages over traditional

CGI server-side scripts. For example, you might use JavaScript to check if the user
has entered a valid e-mail address in a form field.

The JavaScript code is executed when the user submits the form, and only if all
the entries are valid, they would be submitted to the Web Server.

JavaScript can be used to trap user-initiated events such as button clicks, link
navigation, and other actions that the user initiates explicitly or implicitly.

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Advantages of JavaScript
The merits of using JavaScript are:

• Less server interaction: You can validate user input before sending the
page off to the server. This saves server traffic, which means less load on
your server.

• Immediate feedback to the visitors: They don't have to wait for a page
reload to see if they have forgotten to enter something.

• Increased interactivity: You can create interfaces that react when the
user hovers over them with a mouse or activates them via the keyboard.

• Richer interfaces: You can use JavaScript to include such items as drag-
and-drop components and sliders to give a Rich Interface to your site
visitors.

Limitations of JavaScript
We cannot treat JavaScript as a full-fledged programming language. It lacks the
following important features:

• Client-side JavaScript does not allow the reading or writing of files. This has
been kept for security reason.

• JavaScript cannot be used for networking applications because there is no

such support available.

• JavaScript doesn't have any multithreading or multiprocessor capabilities.

Once again, JavaScript is a lightweight, interpreted programming language that

allows you to build interactivity into otherwise static HTML pages.

JavaScript Development Tools

One of major strengths of JavaScript is that it does not require expensive
development tools. You can start with a simple text editor such as Notepad.
Since it is an interpreted language inside the context of a web browser, you
don't even need to buy a compiler.

To make our life simpler, various vendors have come up with very nice JavaScript
editing tools. Some of them are listed here:

• Microsoft FrontPage: Microsoft has developed a popular HTML editor

called FrontPage. FrontPage also provides web developers with a number of
JavaScript tools to assist in the creation of interactive websites.

• Macromedia Dreamweaver MX: Macromedia Dreamweaver MX is a very

popular HTML and JavaScript editor in the professional web development
crowd. It provides several handy prebuilt JavaScript
Javascript

components, integrates well with databases, and conforms to new

standards such as XHTML and XML.

• Macromedia HomeSite 5: HomeSite 5 is a well-liked HTML and JavaScript

editor from Macromedia that can be used to manage personal websites
effectively.

Where is JavaScript Today?

The ECMAScript Edition 5 standard will be the first update to be released in over
four years. JavaScript 2.0 conforms to Edition 5 of the ECMAScript standard, and
the difference between the two is extremely minor.

The specification for JavaScript 2.0 can be found on the following site:
http://www.ecmascript.org/

Today, Netscape's JavaScript and Microsoft's JScript conform to the ECMAScript

standard, although both the languages still support the features that are not a
part of the standard.
Javascript
2. SYNTAX

JavaScript can be implemented using JavaScript statements that are placed within
the <script>... </script> HTML tags in a web page.

You can place the <script> tags, containing your JavaScript, anywhere within
you web page, but it is normally recommended that you should keep it within
the <head> tags.

The <script> tag alerts the browser program to start interpreting all the text
between these tags as a script. A simple syntax of your JavaScript will appear as
follows.

The script tag takes two important attributes:

• Language: This attribute specifies what scripting language you are using.
Typically, its value will be javascript. Although recent versions of HTML (and
XHTML, its successor) have phased out the use of this attribute.

• Type: This attribute is what is now recommended to indicate the scripting

language in use and its value should be set to "text/javascript".

So your JavaScript syntax will look as follows.

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

JavaScript code
</script>

Your First JavaScript Code

Let us take a sample example to print out "Hello World". We added an optional
HTML comment that surrounds our JavaScript code. This is to save our code
from a browser that does not support JavaScript. The comment ends with a "//--
>". Here "//" signifies a comment in JavaScript, so we add that to prevent a
browser from reading the end of the HTML comment as a piece of JavaScript code.
Next, we call a function document.write which writes a string into our HTML
document.
Javascript

This function can be used to write text, HTML, or both. Take a look at the
following code.

This code will produce the following result:

Hello World!

Whitespace and Line Breaks

JavaScript ignores spaces, tabs, and newlines that appear in JavaScript programs.
You can use spaces, tabs, and newlines freely in your program and you are free
to format and indent your programs in a neat and consistent way that makes the
code easy to read and understand.

Semicolons are Optional

Simple statements in JavaScript are generally followed by a semicolon character,
just as they are in C, C++, and Java. JavaScript, however, allows you to omit this
semicolon if each of your statements are placed on a separate line. For example,
the following code could be written without semicolons.

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

</script>

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But when formatted in a single line as follows, you must use semicolons:

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

</script>

Note: It is a good programming practice to use semicolons.

Case Sensitivity
JavaScript is a case-sensitive language. This means that the language keywords,
variables, function names, and any other identifiers must always be typed with a
consistent capitalization of letters.

So the identifiers Time and TIME will convey different meanings in JavaScript.

NOTE: Care should be taken while writing variable and function names in
JavaScript.

Comments in JavaScript
JavaScript supports both C-style and C++-style comments. Thus:

• Any text between a // and the end of a line is treated as a comment and
is ignored by JavaScript.

• Any text between the characters /* and */ is treated as a comment. This

may span multiple lines.

• JavaScript also recognizes the HTML comment opening sequence <!--.

JavaScript treats this as a single-line comment, just as it does the //
comment.

• The HTML comment closing sequence --> is not recognized by JavaScript

so it should be written as //-->.

Example

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The following example shows how to use comments in JavaScript.

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

<!--

// This is a comment. It is similar to comments in C++

/*
* This is a multiline comment in JavaScript
* It is very similar to comments in C Programming
*/
//-->
</script>

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3. ENABLING

All the modern browsers come with built-in support for JavaScript. Frequently, you
may need to enable or disable this support manually. This chapter explains the
procedure of enabling and disabling JavaScript support in your browsers: Internet
Explorer, Firefox, chrome, and Opera.

JavaScript in Internet Explorer

Here are the steps to turn on or turn off JavaScript in Internet Explorer:

• Follow Tools -> Internet Options from the menu.

• Select Security tab from the dialog box.

• Click the Custom Level button.

• Scroll down till you find the Scripting option.

• Select Enable radio button under Active scripting.

• Finally click OK and come out.

To disable JavaScript support in your Internet Explorer, you need to select

Disable radio button under Active scripting.

JavaScript in Firefox
Here are the steps to turn on or turn off JavaScript in Firefox:

• Open a new tab -> type about: config in the address bar.

• Then you will find the warning dialog. Select I’ll be careful, I promise!

• Then you will find the list of configure options in the browser.

• In the search bar, type javascript.enabled.

• There you will find the option to enable or disable javascript by right-
clicking on the value of that option -> select toggle.

If javascript.enabled is true; it converts to false upon clicking toogle. If javascript

is disabled; it gets enabled upon clicking toggle.

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JavaScript in Chrome
Here are the steps to turn on or turn off JavaScript in Chrome:

• Click the Chrome menu at the top right hand corner of your browser.

• Select Settings.

• Click Show advanced settings at the end of the page.

• Under the Privacy section, click the Content settings button.

• In the "Javascript" section, select "Do not allow any site to run JavaScript"
or "Allow all sites to run JavaScript (recommended)".

JavaScript in Opera
Here are the steps to turn on or turn off JavaScript in Opera:

• Follow Tools-> Preferences from the menu.

• Select Advanced option from the dialog box.

• Select Content from the listed items.

• Select Enable JavaScript checkbox.

• Finally click OK and come out.

To disable JavaScript support in Opera, you should not select the Enable
JavaScript checkbox.

Warning for Non-JavaScript Browsers

If you have to do something important using JavaScript, then you can display a
warning message to the user using <noscript> tags.

You can add a noscript block immediately after the script block as follows:

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

</script>

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Now, if the user's browser does not support JavaScript or JavaScript is not
enabled, then the message from </noscript> will be displayed on the screen.

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Javascript
4. PLACEMENT

There is a flexibility given to include JavaScript code anywhere in an HTML

document. However the most preferred ways to include JavaScript in an HTML file
are as follows:

• Script in <head>...</head> section.

• Script in <body>...</body> section.

• Script in <body>...</body> and <head>...</head> sections.

• Script in an external file and then include in <head>...</head> section.

In the following section, we will see how we can place JavaScript in an HTML file
in different ways.

JavaScript in <head>...</head> Section

If you want to have a script run on some event, such as when a user clicks
somewhere, then you will place that script in the head as follows.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
</head>
<body>
Click here for the result
<input type="button" onclick="sayHello()" value="Say Hello" />
</body>
</html>
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This code will produce the following results:

Click here for the result

Say Hello

JavaScript in <body>...</body> Section

If you need a script to run as the page loads so that the script generates content
in the page, then the script goes in the <body> portion of the document. In this
case, you would not have any function defined using JavaScript. Take a look at
the following code.

This code will produce the following results:

Hello World
This is web page body

JavaScript in <body> and <head> Sections

You can put your JavaScript code in <head> and <body> section altogether as
follows.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
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</script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
<input type="button" onclick="sayHello()" value="Say Hello" />
</body>
</html>

This code will produce the following result.

HelloWorld
Say Hello

JavaScript in External File

As you begin to work more extensively with JavaScript, you will be likely to find
that there are cases where you are reusing identical JavaScript code on multiple
pages of a site.

You are not restricted to be maintaining identical code in multiple HTML files.
The script tag provides a mechanism to allow you to store JavaScript in an
external file and then include it into your HTML files.

Here is an example to show how you can include an external JavaScript file in your
HTML code using script tag and its src attribute.
Javascript

To use JavaScript from an external file source, you need to write all your
JavaScript source code in a simple text file with the extension ".js" and then
include that file as shown above.

For example, you can keep the following content in filename.js file and then
you can use sayHello function in your HTML file after including the filename.js
file.

function sayHello() {
alert("Hello World")
}
Javascript
5. VARIABLES

JavaScript Datatypes
One of the most fundamental characteristics of a programming language is the
set of data types it supports. These are the type of values that can be represented
and manipulated in a programming language.

JavaScript allows you to work with three primitive data types:

• Numbers, e.g., 123, 120.50 etc.

• Strings of text, e.g. "This text string" etc.

• Boolean, e.g. true or false.

JavaScript also defines two trivial data types, null and undefined, each of which
defines only a single value. In addition to these primitive data types, JavaScript
supports a composite data type known as object. We will cover objects in detail
in a separate chapter.

Note: Java does not make a distinction between integer values and floating- point
values. All numbers in JavaScript are represented as floating-point values.
JavaScript represents numbers using the 64-bit floating-point format defined by
the IEEE 754 standard.

JavaScript Variables
Like many other programming languages, JavaScript has variables. Variables
can be thought of as named containers. You can place data into these containers
and then refer to the data simply by naming the container.

Before you use a variable in a JavaScript program, you must declare it. Variables
are declared with the var keyword as follows.

You can also declare multiple variables with the same var keyword as follows:

Storing a value in a variable is called variable initialization. You can do variable

initialization at the time of variable creation or at a later point in time when you
need that variable.

For instance, you might create a variable named money and assign the value
2000.50 to it later. For another variable, you can assign a value at the time of
initialization as follows.

Note: Use the var keyword only for declaration or initialization, once for the life
of any variable name in a document. You should not re-declare same variable
twice.

JavaScript is untyped language. This means that a JavaScript variable can hold
a value of any data type. Unlike many other languages, you don't have to tell
JavaScript during variable declaration what type of value the variable will hold.
The value type of a variable can change during the execution of a program and
JavaScript takes care of it automatically.

JavaScript Variable Scope

The scope of a variable is the region of your program in which it is defined.
JavaScript variables have only two scopes.

• Global Variables: A global variable has global scope which means it can
be defined anywhere in your JavaScript code.

• Local Variables: A local variable will be visible only within a function

where it is defined. Function parameters are always local to that function.
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Within the body of a function, a local variable takes precedence over a global
variable with the same name. If you declare a local variable or function parameter
with the same name as a global variable, you effectively hide the global variable.
Take a look into the following example.

It will produce the following result:

Local

JavaScript Variable Names

While naming your variables in JavaScript, keep the following rules in mind.

• You should not use any of the JavaScript reserved keywords as a variable
name. These keywords are mentioned in the next section. For example,
break or boolean variable names are not valid.

• JavaScript variable names should not start with a numeral (0-9). They must
begin with a letter or an underscore character. For example,
123test is an invalid variable name but _123test is a validone.

• JavaScript variable names are case-sensitive. For example, Name and

name are two different variables.
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JavaScript Reserved Words

A list of all the reserved words in JavaScript are given in the following table. They
cannot be used as JavaScript variables, functions, methods, loop labels, or any
object names.

abstract else Instanceof switch

boolean enum int synchronized

break export interface this

byte extends long throw

case false native throws

catch final new transient

char finally null true

class float package try

const for private typeof

continue function protected var

debugger goto public void

default if return volatile

delete implements short while

do import static with

double in super
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6. OPERATORS

What is an Operator?
Let us take a simple expression 4 + 5 is equal to 9. Here 4 and 5 are called
operands and ‘+’ is called the operator. JavaScript supports the following types
of operators.

• Arithmetic Operators

• Comparison Operators

• Logical (or Relational) Operators

• Assignment Operators

• Conditional (or ternary) Operators

Let’s have a look at all the operators one by one.

Arithmetic Operators
JavaScript supports the following arithmetic operators:

Assume variable A holds 10 and variable B holds 20, then:

S. No. Operator and Description

+ (Addition)

1 Adds two operands

Ex: A + B will give 30

- (Subtraction)

2 Subtracts the second operand from the first

Ex: A - B will give -10

* (Multiplication)

3 Multiply both operands

Ex: A * B will give 200

4 / (Division)
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Divide the numerator by the denominator

Ex: B / A will give 2

% (Modulus)

5 Outputs the remainder of an integer division

Ex: B % A will give 0

++ (Increment)

6 Increases an integer value by one

Ex: A++ will give 11

-- (Decrement)

7 Decreases an integer value by one

Ex: A-- will give 9

Note: Addition operator (+) works for Numeric as well as Strings. e.g. "a" + 10
will give "a10".

Example
The following code shows how to use arithmetic operators in JavaScript.

document.write("a + b = ");
result = a + b;
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);
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document.write("a - b = ");
result = a - b;
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

document.write("a / b = ");
result = a / b;
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

document.write("a % b = ");
result = a % b;
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

document.write("a + b + c = ");
result = a + b + c;
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

a = a++;
document.write("a++ = ");
result = a++;
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

b = b--;
document.write("b-- = ");
result = b--;
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);
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//-->
</script>

<p>Set the variables to different values and then try...</p>

</body>
</html>

Output

a + b = 43
a - b = 23
a / b = 3.3
a % b = 3
a + b + c = 43Test
a++ = 33
b-- = 10

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Comparison Operators
JavaScript supports the following comparison operators:

Assume variable A holds 10 and variable B holds 20, then:

S.No Operator and Description

== (Equal)

Checks if the value of two operands are equal or not, if yes, then
1
the condition becomes true.

Ex: (A == B) is not true.

!= (Not Equal)

Checks if the value of two operands are equal or not, if the values
2
are not equal, then the condition becomes true.

Ex: (A != B) is true.

> (Greater than)

3
Checks if the value of the left operand is greater than the value of
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the right operand, if yes, then the condition becomes true.

Ex: (A > B) is not true.

< (Less than)

Checks if the value of the left operand is less than the value of
4
the right operand, if yes, then the condition becomes true.

Ex: (A < B) is true.

>= (Greater than or Equal to)

Checks if the value of the left operand is greater than or equal to

5 the value of the right operand, if yes, then the condition becomes
true.

Ex: (A >= B) is not true.

<= (Less than or Equal to)

Checks if the value of the left operand is less than or equal to the
6 value of the right operand, if yes, then the condition becomes true.

Ex: (A <= B) is true.

Example
The following code shows how to use comparison operators in JavaScript.

document.write("(a == b) => ");

result = (a == b);
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);
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document.write("(a < b) => ");

result = (a < b);
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

document.write("(a > b) => ");

result = (a > b);
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

document.write("(a != b) => ");

result = (a != b);
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

document.write("(a >= b) => ");

result = (a >= b);
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

document.write("(a <= b) => ");

result = (a <= b);
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

//-->
</script>

<p>Set the variables to different values and different operators and

then try...</p>
</body>
</html>
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Output

(a == b) => false
(a < b) => true
(a > b) => false
(a != b) => true
(a >= b) => false
(a <= b) => true

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try...

Logical Operators
JavaScript supports the following logical operators:

Assume variable A holds 10 and variable B holds 20, then:

S.No Operator and Description

&& (Logical AND)

1 If both the operands are non-zero, then the condition becomes true.

Ex: (A && B) is true.

|| (Logical OR)

If any of the two operands are non-zero, then the condition becomes
2
true.

Ex: (A || B) is true.

! (Logical NOT)

Reverses the logical state of its operand. If a condition is true, then the
3
Logical NOT operator will make it false.

Ex: ! (A && B) is false.

Example
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Try the following code to learn how to implement Logical Operators in

JavaScript.

document.write("(a && b) => ");

result = (a && b);
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

document.write("(a || b) => ");

result = (a || b);
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

document.write("!(a && b) => ");

result = (!(a && b));
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

//-->
</script>

<p>Set the variables to different values and different operators and

then try...</p>
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</body>
</html>

Output

(a && b) => false

(a || b) => true
!(a && b) => true

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try...

Bitwise Operators
JavaScript supports the following bitwise operators:

Assume variable A holds 2 and variable B holds 3, then:

S.No Operator and Description

& (Bitwise AND)

It performs a Boolean AND operation on each bit of its integer

1
arguments.

Ex: (A & B) is 2.

| (BitWise OR)

It performs a Boolean OR operation on each bit of its integer

2
arguments.

Ex: (A | B) is 3.

^ (Bitwise XOR)

It performs a Boolean exclusive OR operation on each bit of its integer

3 arguments. Exclusive OR means that either operand one is true or
operand two is true, but not both.

Ex: (A ^ B) is 1.

~ (Bitwise Not)
4 It is a unary operator and operates by reversing all the bits in the
operand.
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Ex: (~B) is -4.

<< (Left Shift)

It moves all the bits in its first operand to the left by the number of
places specified in the second operand. New bits are filled with zeros.
5
Shifting a value left by one position is equivalent to multiplying it by 2,
shifting two positions is equivalent to multiplying by 4, and so on.

Ex: (A << 1) is 4.

>> (Right Shift)

Binary Right Shift Operator. The left operand’s value is moved right by
6
the number of bits specified by the right operand.

Ex: (A >> 1) is 1.

>>> (Right shift with Zero)

This operator is just like the >> operator, except that the bits shifted
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in on the left are always zero.

Ex: (A >>> 1) is 1.

Example
Try the following code to implement Bitwise operator in JavaScript.

document.write("(a & b) => ");

result = (a & b);
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);
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document.write("(a | b) => ");

result = (a | b);
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

document.write("(a ^ b) => ");

result = (a ^ b);
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

document.write("(~b) => ");

result = (~b);
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

document.write("(a << b) => ");

result = (a << b);
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

document.write("(a >> b) => ");

result = (a >> b);
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

//-->
</script>

<p>Set the variables to different values and different operators and

then try...</p>
</body>
</html>

Output
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(a & b) => 2
(a | b) => 3
(a ^ b) => 1
(~b) => -4
(a << b) => 16
(a >> b) => 0

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try...

Assignment Operators
JavaScript supports the following assignment operators:

S.No Operator and Description

= (Simple Assignment )

1 Assigns values from the right side operand to the left side operand

Ex: C = A + B will assign the value of A + B into C

+= (Add and Assignment)

It adds the right operand to the left operand and assigns the result to
2
the left operand.

Ex: C += A is equivalent to C = C + A

-= (Subtract and Assignment)

It subtracts the right operand from the left operand and assigns the
3
result to the left operand.

Ex: C -= A is equivalent to C = C - A

*= (Multiply and Assignment)

It multiplies the right operand with the left operand and assigns the
4
result to the left operand.

Ex: C *= A is equivalent to C = C * A

/= (Divide and Assignment)

5 It divides the left operand with the right operand and assigns the result
to the left operand.
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Ex: C /= A is equivalent to C = C / A

%= (Modules and Assignment)

It takes modulus using two operands and assigns the result to the left
6
operand.

Ex: C %= A is equivalent to C = C % A

Note: Same logic applies to Bitwise operators, so they will become <<=, >>=,
>>=, &=, |= and ^=.

Example
Try the following code to implement assignment operator in JavaScript.

document.write("Value of a => (a = b) => ");

result = (a = b);
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

document.write("Value of a => (a += b) => ");

result = (a += b);
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

document.write("Value of a => (a -= b) => ");

result = (a -= b);
document.write(result);
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document.write(linebreak);

document.write("Value of a => (a *= b) => ");

result = (a *= b);
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

document.write("Value of a => (a /= b) => ");

result = (a /= b);
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

document.write("Value of a => (a %= b) => ");

result = (a %= b);
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

//-->
</script>

<p>Set the variables to different values and different operators and

then try...</p>
</body>
</html>

Output

Value of a => (a = b) => 10

Value of a => (a += b) => 20
Value of a => (a -= b) => 10
Value of a => (a *= b) => 100
Value of a => (a /= b) => 10
Value of a => (a %= b) => 0
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try...

Miscellaneous Operators
We will discuss two operators here that are quite useful in JavaScript: the
conditional operator (? :) and the typeof operator.

Conditional Operator (? :)
The conditional operator first evaluates an expression for a true or false value and
then executes one of the two given statements depending upon the result ofthe
evaluation.

S.No Operator and Description

? : (Conditional )
1
If Condition is true? Then value X : Otherwise value Y

Example
Try the following code to understand how the Conditional Operator works in
JavaScript.

document.write ("((a > b) ? 100 : 200) => ");

result = (a > b) ? 100 : 200;
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

document.write ("((a < b) ? 100 : 200) => ");

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result = (a < b) ? 100 : 200;

document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

//-->
</script>

<p>Set the variables to different values and different operators and

then try...</p>
</body>
</html>

Output

((a > b) ? 100 : 200) => 200

((a < b) ? 100 : 200) => 100

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try...

typeof Operator
The typeof operator is a unary operator that is placed before its single operand,
which can be of any type. Its value is a string indicating the data type of the
operand.

The typeof operator evaluates to "number", "string", or "boolean" if its operand

is a number, string, or boolean value and returns true or false based on the
evaluation.

Here is a list of the return values for the typeof Operator.

Type String Returned by typeof

Number "number"

String "string"

Boolean "boolean"

Object "object"
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Function "function"

Undefined "undefined"

Null "object"

Example
The following code shows how to implement typeof operator.

result = (typeof b == "string" ? "B is String" : "B is Numeric");

document.write("Result => ");
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

result = (typeof a == "string" ? "A is String" : "A is Numeric");

document.write("Result => ");
document.write(result);
document.write(linebreak);

//-->
</script>

<p>Set the variables to different values and different operators and

then try...</p>
</body>
</html>
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Output

Result => B is String

Result => A is Numeric

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try...
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7. IF-ELSE

While writing a program, there may be a situation when you need to adopt one
out of a given set of paths. In such cases, you need to use conditional statements
that allow your program to make correct decisions and perform right actions.

JavaScript supports conditional statements which are used to perform different

actions based on different conditions. Here we will explain the if..else
statement.

Flow Chart of if-else

The following flow chart shows how the if-else statement works.

JavaScript supports the following forms of if..else statement:

• if statement

• if...else statement

• if...else if... statement

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if Statement
The ‘if’ statement is the fundamental control statement that allows JavaScript to
make decisions and execute statements conditionally.

Syntax
The syntax for a basic if statement is as follows:

if (expression){
Statement(s) to be executed if expression is true
}

Here a JavaScript expression is evaluated. If the resulting value is true, the

given statement(s) are executed. If the expression is false, then no statement
would be not executed. Most of the times, you will use comparison operators while
making decisions.

Example
Try the following example to understand how the if statement works.

<p>Set the variable to different value and then try...</p>

</body>
</html>

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Output

Qualifies for driving

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if...else Statement
The ‘if...else’ statement is the next form of control statement that allows
JavaScript to execute statements in a more controlled way.

Syntax
The syntax of an if-else statement is as follows:

if (expression){
Statement(s) to be executed if expression is true
}else{
Statement(s) to be executed if expression is false
}

Here JavaScript expression is evaluated. If the resulting value is true, the given
statement(s) in the ‘if’ block, are executed. If the expression is false, then the
given statement(s) in the else block are executed.

Example
Try the following code to learn how to implement an if-else statement in
JavaScript.

if( age > 18 ){

document.write("<b>Qualifies for driving</b>");
}else{
document.write("<b>Does not qualify for driving</b>");
}

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//-->
</script>

<p>Set the variable to different value and then try...</p>

</body>
</html>

Output

Does not qualify for driving

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if...else if... Statement

The ‘if...else if...’ statement is an advanced form of if…else that allows
JavaScript to make a correct decision out of several conditions.

Syntax
The syntax of an if-else-if statement is as follows:

if (expression 1){
Statement(s) to be executed if expression 1 is true
}else if (expression 2){
Statement(s) to be executed if expression 2 is true
}else if (expression 3){
Statement(s) to be executed if expression 3 is true
}else{
Statement(s) to be executed if no expression is true
}

There is nothing special about this code. It is just a series of if statements, where
each if is a part of the else clause of the previous statement.Statement(s) are
executed based on the true condition, if none of the conditions is true, then the
else block is executed.

Example

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Try the following code to learn how to implement an if-else-if statement in

JavaScript.

<p>Set the variable to different value and then try...</p>

</body>
</html>

Output

Maths Book
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8. SWITCH-CASE

You can use multiple if...else…if statements, as in the previous chapter, to

perform a multiway branch. However, this is not always the best solution,
especially when all of the branches depend on the value of a single variable.

Starting with JavaScript 1.2, you can use a switch statement which handles
exactly this situation, and it does so more efficiently than repeated if...else
if statements.

Flow Chart
The following flow chart explains a switch-case statement works.

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Syntax
The objective of a switch statement is to give an expression to evaluate and
several different statements to execute based on the value of the expression.
The interpreter checks each case against the value of the expression until a match
is found. If nothing matches, a default condition will be used.

switch (expression)
{
case condition 1: statement(s)
break;
case condition 2: statement(s)
break;
...
case condition n: statement(s)
break;
default: statement(s)
}

The break statements indicate the end of a particular case. If they were omitted,
the interpreter would continue executing each statement in each of the following
cases.

We will explain break statement in Loop Control chapter.

Example

Try the following example to implement switch-case statement.

break;
case 'B': document.write("Pretty good<br />");
break;
case 'C': document.write("Passed<br />");
break;
case 'D': document.write("Not so good<br />");
break;
case 'F': document.write("Failed<br />");
break;
default: document.write("Unknown grade<br />")
}
document.write("Exiting switch block");
//-->
</script>

<p>Set the variable to different value and then try...</p>

</body>
</html>

Output

Entering switch block

Good job
Exiting switch block
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Break statements play a major role in switch-case statements. Try the following
code that uses switch-case statement without any break statement.

switch (grade)
{
case 'A': document.write("Good job<br />");
case 'B': document.write("Pretty good<br />");
case 'C': document.write("Passed<br />");
case 'D': document.write("Not so good<br />");
case 'F': document.write("Failed<br />");
default: document.write("Unknown grade<br />")
}
document.write("Exiting switch block");
//-->
</script>

<p>Set the variable to different value and then try...</p>

</body>
</html>

Output

Entering switch block

Good job
Pretty good
Passed
Not so good
Failed
Unknown grade
Exiting switch block
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9. WHILE LOOP

While writing a program, you may encounter a situation where you need to
perform an action over and over again. In such situations, you would need to write
loop statements to reduce the number of lines.

JavaScript supports all the necessary loops to ease down the pressure of
programming.

The while Loop

The most basic loop in JavaScript is the while loop which would be discussed in
this chapter. The purpose of a while loop is to execute a statement or code
block repeatedly as long as an expression is true. Once the expression becomes
false, the loop terminates.

Flow Chart
The flow chart of while loop looks as follows:

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Syntax

The syntax of while loop in JavaScript is as follows:

while (expression){
Statement(s) to be executed if expression is true
}

Example

Try the following example to implement while loop.

<p>Set the variable to different value and then try...</p>

</body>
</html>

Output

Starting Loop Current Count : 0

Current Count : 1
Current Count : 2
Current Count : 3
Current Count : 4
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Current Count : 5
Current Count : 6
Current Count : 7
Current Count : 8
Current Count : 9
Loop stopped!
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The do...while Loop

The do...while loop is similar to the while loop except that the condition check
happens at the end of the loop. This means that the loop will always be executed
at least once, even if the condition is false.

Flow Chart
The flow chart of a do-while loop would be as follows:

do{
conditional code;
}while(condition);

Conditional
Code

Condition
If condition is
true
If Condition
is false

Syntax
The syntax for do-while loop in JavaScript is as follows:
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do{
Statement(s) to be executed;
} while (expression);

Note: Don’t miss the semicolon used at the end of the do...while loop.

Example
Try the following example to learn how to implement a do-while loop in
JavaScript.

<p>Set the variable to different value and then try...</p>

</body>
</html>

Output

Starting Loop
Current Count : 0
Current Count : 1
Current Count : 2
Current Count : 3
Current Count : 4
Loop Stopped!
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10. FOR LOOP

The for Loop

The ‘for’ loop is the most compact form of looping. It includes the following
three important parts:

• The loop initialization where we initialize our counter to a starting value.

The initialization statement is executed before the loop begins.

• The test statement which will test if a given condition is true or not. If the
condition is true, then the code given inside the loop will be executed,
otherwise the control will come out of the loop.

• The iteration statement where you can increase or decrease your

counter.

You can put all the three parts in a single line separated by semicolons.

Flow Chart
The flow chart of a for loop in JavaScript would be as follows:

Conditional
Code

Condition
for condition
is true
for Condition
is false
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Syntax
The syntax of for loop is JavaScript is as follows:

for (initialization; test condition; iteration statement){

Statement(s) to be executed if test condition is true
}

Example
Try the following example to learn how a for loop works in JavaScript.

<p>Set the variable to different value and then try...</p>

</body>
</html>

Output

Starting Loop
Current Count : 0
Current Count : 1
Current Count : 2
Current Count : 3
Current Count : 4
Current Count : 5
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Current Count : 6
Current Count : 7
Current Count : 8
Current Count : 9
Loop stopped!
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11. FOR-IN LOOP

The for...in loop is used to loop through an object's properties. As we have not
discussed Objects yet, you may not feel comfortable with this loop. But once you
understand how objects behave in JavaScript, you will find this loop very useful.

Syntax
The syntax of ‘for..in’ loop is:

for (variablename in object){

statement or block to execute
}

In each iteration, one property from object is assigned to variablename and

this loop continues till all the properties of the object are exhausted.

Example
Try the following example to implement ‘for-in’ loop. It prints the web browser’s
Navigator object.

<p>Set the variable to different object and then try...</p>

</body>
</html>

Output

Navigator Object Properties

serviceWorker
webkitPersistentStorage
webkitTemporaryStorage
geolocation
doNotTrack
onLine
languages
language
userAgent
product
platform
appVersion
appName
appCodeName
hardwareConcurrency
maxTouchPoints
vendorSub
vendor
productSub
cookieEnabled
mimeTypes
plugins
javaEnabled
getStorageUpdates
getGamepads
webkitGetUserMedia
vibrate
getBattery
sendBeacon
registerProtocolHandler
unregisterProtocolHandler
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12. LOOP CONTROL

JavaScript provides full control to handle loops and switch statements. There
may be a situation when you need to come out of a loop without reaching at its
bottom. There may also be a situation when you want to skip a part of your code
block and start the next iteration of the look.

To handle all such situations, JavaScript provides break and continue

statements. These statements are used to immediately come out of any loop or
to start the next iteration of any loop respectively.

The break Statement

The break statement, which was briefly introduced with the switch statement, is
used to exit a loop early, breaking out of the enclosing curly braces.

Flow Chart
The flow chart of a break statement would look as follows:

Conditional Code
Condition true
Break
statement

false

Example
The following example illustrates the use of a break statement with a while loop.
Notice how the loop breaks out early once x reaches 5 and reaches to
document.write (..) statement just below to the closing curly brace:

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<p>Set the variable to different value and then try...</p>

</body>
</html>

Output

Entering the loop

2
3
4
5
Exiting the loop!

Set the variable to different value and then try...

We have already seen the usage of break statement inside a switch statement.

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The continue Statement

The continue statement tells the interpreter to immediately start the next
iteration of the loop and skip the remaining code block. Whena
continue statement is encountered, the program flow moves to the loopcheck
expression immediately and if the condition remains true, then it startsthe next
iteration, otherwise the control comes out of the loop.

Example
This example illustrates the use of a continue statement with a while loop. Notice
how the continue statement is used to skip printing when the index held in
variable x reaches 5.

<html>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>

<p>Set the variable to different value and then try...</p>

</body>
</html>

Output

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Entering the loop

2
3
4
6
7
8
9
10
Exiting the loop!

Using Labels to Control the Flow

Starting from JavaScript 1.2, a label can be used with break and continue to
control the flow more precisely. A label is simply an identifier followed by a colon
(:) that is applied to a statement or a block of code. We will see two different
examples to understand how to use labels with break and continue.

Note: Line breaks are not allowed between the ‘continue’ or ‘break’ statement
and its label name. Also, there should not be any other statement in between a
label name and associated loop.

Try the following two examples for a better understanding of Labels.

Example 1
The following example shows how to implement Label with a break statement.

<html>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
document.write("Entering the loop!<br /> ");
outerloop: // This is the label name
for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
document.write("Outerloop: " + i + "<br />");
innerloop:
for (var j = 0; j < 5; j++)

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{
if (j > 3 ) break ; // Quit the innermost loop
if (i == 2) break innerloop; // Do the same thing
if (i == 4) break outerloop; // Quit the outer loop
document.write("Innerloop: " + j + " <br />");
}
}
document.write("Exiting the loop!<br /> ");
//-->
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Entering the loop!

Outerloop: 0
Innerloop: 0
Innerloop: 1
Innerloop: 2
Innerloop: 3
Outerloop: 1
Innerloop: 0
Innerloop: 1
Innerloop: 2
Innerloop: 3
Outerloop: 2
Outerloop: 3
Innerloop: 0
Innerloop: 1
Innerloop: 2
Innerloop: 3
Outerloop: 4
Exiting the loop!

Example 2
The following example shows how to implement Label with continue.

<html>

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<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>

</body>
</html>

Output

Entering the loop!

Outerloop: 0
Innerloop: 0
Innerloop: 1
Innerloop: 2
Outerloop: 1
Innerloop: 0
Innerloop: 1
Innerloop: 2
Outerloop: 2
Innerloop: 0
Innerloop: 1

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Innerloop: 2
Exiting the loop!

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13. FUNCTIONS

A function is a group of reusable code which can be called anywhere in your

program. This eliminates the need of writing the same code again and again. It
helps programmers in writing modular codes. Functions allow a programmer to
divide a big program into a number of small and manageable functions.

Like any other advanced programming language, JavaScript also supports all the
features necessary to write modular code using functions. You must have seen
functions like alert() and write() in the earlier chapters. We were using these
functions again and again, but they had been written in core JavaScript only once.

JavaScript allows us to write our own functions as well. This section explains
how to write your own functions in JavaScript.

Function Definition
Before we use a function, we need to define it. The most common way to define
a function in JavaScript is by using the function keyword, followed by a unique
function name, a list of parameters (that might be empty), and a statement
block surrounded by curly braces.

Syntax
The basic syntax is shown here.

Example
Try the following example. It defines a function called sayHello that takes no
parameters:
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Calling a Function
To invoke a function somewhere later in the script, you would simply need to
write the name of that function as shown in the following code.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function sayHello()
{
document.write ("Hello there!");
}
</script>
</head>

<body>
<p>Click the following button to call the function</p>
<form>
<input type="button" onclick="sayHello()" value="Say Hello">
</form>

<p>Use different text in write method and then try...</p>

</body>
</html>

Output
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Click the following button to call the function

Say Hello

Function Parameters
Till now, we have seen functions without parameters. But there is a facility to pass
different parameters while calling a function. These passed parameters can be
captured inside the function and any manipulation can be done over those
parameters. A function can take multiple parameters separated by comma.

Example
Try the following example. We have modified our sayHello function here. Now it
takes two parameters.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function sayHello(name, age)
{
document.write (name + " is " + age + " years old.");
}
</script>
</head>

<body>
<p>Click the following button to call the function</p>
<form>
<input type="button" onclick="sayHello('Zara', 7)" value="Say Hello">
</form>

<p>Use different parameters inside the function and then try...</p>

</body>
</html>
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Output

Click the following button to call the function

Say Hello

Use different parameters inside the function and then try...

The return Statement

A JavaScript function can have an optional return statement. This is required if
you want to return a value from a function. This statement should be the last
statement in a function.

For example, you can pass two numbers in a function and then you can expect
the function to return their multiplication in your calling program.

Example
Try the following example. It defines a function that takes two parameters and
concatenates them before returning the resultant in the calling program.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function concatenate(first, last)
{
var full;

full = first + last;

return full;
}
function secondFunction()
{
var result;
result = concatenate('Zara', 'Ali');
document.write (result );
}
</script>
</head>
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<body>
<p>Click the following button to call the function</p>
<form>
<input type="button" onclick="secondFunction()" value="Call Function">
</form>

<p>Use different parameters inside the function and then try...</p>

</body>
</html>

Output

Click the following button to call the function

Call Function

Use different parameters inside the function and then try...

There is a lot to learn about JavaScript functions, however we have covered the
most important concepts in this tutorial.

Nested Functions
Prior to JavaScript 1.2, function definition was allowed only in top level global
code, but JavaScript 1.2 allows function definitions to be nested within other
functions as well. Still there is a restriction that function definitions may not appear
within loops or conditionals. These restrictions on function definitions apply only
to function declarations with the function statement.

As we'll discuss later in the next chapter, function literals (another feature
introduced in JavaScript 1.2) may appear within any JavaScript expression,
which means that they can appear within if and other statements.

Example
Try the following example to learn how to implement nested functions.

<html>
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<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function hypotenuse(a, b) {
function square(x) { return x*x; }

return Math.sqrt(square(a) + square(b));

}
function secondFunction(){
var result;
result = hypotenuse(1,2);
document.write ( result );
}
//-->
</script>
</head>

<body>
<p>Click the following button to call the function</p>

<p>Use different parameters inside the function and then try...</p>

</body>
</html>

Output

Click the following button to call the function

Call Function
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Use different parameters inside the function and then try...

Function () Constructor
The function statement is not the only way to define a new function; you can
define your function dynamically using Function() constructor along with the
new operator.

Note: Constructor is a terminology from Object Oriented Programming. You may

not feel comfortable for the first time, which is OK.

Syntax
Following is the syntax to create a function using Function() constructor along
with the new operator.

The Function() constructor expects any number of string arguments. The last
argument is the body of the function – it can contain arbitrary JavaScript
statements, separated from each other by semicolons.

Notice that the Function() constructor is not passed any argument that specifies
a name for the function it creates. The unnamed functions created with the
Function() constructor are called anonymous functions.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var func = new Function("x", "y", "return x*y;");

function secondFunction(){
var result;
result = func(10,20);
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document.write ( result );
}
//-->
</script>
</head>

<body>
<p>Click the following button to call the function</p>

<p>Use different parameters inside the function and then try...</p>

</body>
</html>

Output

Click the following button to call the function

Call Function

Use different parameters inside the function and then try...

Function Literals
JavaScript 1.2 introduces the concept of function literals which is another new
way of defining functions. A function literal is an expression that defines an
unnamed function.

Syntax
The syntax for a function literal is much like a function statement, except that
it is used as an expression rather than a statement and no function name is
required.

var variablename = function(Argument List){

Function Body
};
//-->
</script>

Syntactically, you can specify a function name while creating a literal function as
follows.

But this name does not have any significance, so it is not worthwhile.

Example
Try the following example. It shows the usage of function literals.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var func = function(x,y){ return x*y };

function secondFunction(){
var result;
result = func(10,20);
document.write ( result );
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
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<p>Click the following button to call the function</p>

<form>
<input type="button" onclick="secondFunction()" value="Call Function">
</form>
<p>Use different parameters inside the function and then try...</p>
</body>
</html>

Output

Click the following button to call the function

Call Function

Use different parameters inside the function and then try...

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14. EVENTS

What is an Event?
JavaScript's interaction with HTML is handled through events that occur when
the user or the browser manipulates a page.

When the page loads, it is called an event. When the user clicks a button, that
click too is an event. Other examples include events like pressing any key, closing
a window, resizing a window, etc.

Developers can use these events to execute JavaScript coded responses, which
cause buttons to close windows, messages to be displayed to users, data to be
validated, and virtually any other type of response imaginable.

Events are a part of the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 and every HTML
element contains a set of events which can trigger JavaScript Code.

Please go through this small tutorial for a better understanding HTML Event
Reference. Here we will see a few examples to understand the relation between
Event and JavaScript.

onclick Event Type

This is the most frequently used event type which occurs when a user clicks the
left button of his mouse. You can put your validation, warning etc., against this
event type.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
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</head>
<body>
<p> Click the following button and see result</p>
<input type="button" onclick="sayHello()" value="Say Hello" />
</body>
</html>

Output

Click the following button and see result

Say Hello

onsubmit Event Type

onsubmit is an event that occurs when you try to submit a form. You can put
your form validation against this event type.

Example
The following example shows how to use onsubmit. Here we are callinga
validate() function before submitting a form data to the webserver. If
validate() function returns true, the form will be submitted, otherwise it will not
submit the data.

Try the following example.

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onmouseover and onmouseout

These two event types will help you create nice effects with images or even with
text as well. The onmouseover event triggers when you bring your mouse over
any element and the onmouseout triggers when you move your mouse out
from that element. Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>Bring your mouse inside the division to see the result:</p>
<div onmouseover="over()" onmouseout="out()">
<h2> This is inside the division </h2>
</div>
</body>
</html>

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Output

Bring your mouse inside the division to see the result:

This is inside the division

HTML 5 Standard Events

The standard HTML 5 events are listed here for your reference.
Here script indicates a Javascript function to be executed against that event.

Attribute Value Description

Offline script Triggers when the document goes offline

Onabort script Triggers on an abort event

onafterprint script Triggers after the document is printed

onbeforeonload script Triggers before the document loads

onbeforeprint script Triggers before the document is printed

onblur script Triggers when the window loses focus

oncanplay script Triggers when media can start play, but might
has to stop for buffering

oncanplaythrough script Triggers when media can be played to the end,

without stopping for buffering

onchange script Triggers when an element changes

onclick script Triggers on a mouse click

oncontextmenu script Triggers when a context menu is triggered

ondblclick script Triggers on a mouse double-click

ondrag script Triggers when an element is dragged

ondragend script Triggers at the end of a drag operation

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ondragenter script Triggers when an element has been dragged to

a valid drop target

ondragleave script Triggers when an element leaves a valid drop

target

ondragover script Triggers when an element is being dragged

over a valid drop target

ondragstart script Triggers at the start of a drag operation

ondrop script Triggers when dragged element is being

dropped

ondurationchange script Triggers when the length of the media is

changed

onemptied script Triggers when a media resource element

suddenly becomes empty.

onended script Triggers when media has reach the end

onerror script Triggers when an error occur

onfocus script Triggers when the window gets focus

onformchange script Triggers when a form changes

onforminput script Triggers when a form gets user input

onhaschange script Triggers when the document has change

oninput script Triggers when an element gets user input

oninvalid script Triggers when an element is invalid

onkeydown script Triggers when a key is pressed

onkeypress script Triggers when a key is pressed and released

onkeyup script Triggers when a key is released

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onload script Triggers when the document loads

onloadeddata script Triggers when media data is loaded

onloadedmetadata script Triggers when the duration and other media

data of a media element is loaded

onloadstart script Triggers when the browser starts to load the

media data

onmessage script Triggers when the message is triggered

onmousedown script Triggers when a mouse button is pressed

onmousemove script Triggers when the mouse pointer moves

onmouseout script Triggers when the mouse pointer moves out of

an element

onmouseover script Triggers when the mouse pointer moves over

an element

onmouseup script Triggers when a mouse button is released

onmousewheel script Triggers when the mouse wheel is being

rotated

onoffline script Triggers when the document goes offline

onoine script Triggers when the document comes online

ononline script Triggers when the document comes online

onpagehide script Triggers when the window is hidden

onpageshow script Triggers when the window becomes visible

onpause script Triggers when media data is paused

onplay script Triggers when media data is going to start

playing

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onplaying script Triggers when media data has start playing

onpopstate script Triggers when the window's history changes

onprogress script Triggers when the browser is fetching the

media data

onratechange script Triggers when the media data's playing rate

has changed

onreadystatechange script Triggers when the ready-state changes

onredo script Triggers when the document performs a redo

onresize script Triggers when the window is resized

onscroll script Triggers when an element's scrollbar is being

scrolled

onseeked script Triggers when a media element's seeking

attribute is no longer true, and the seeking has
ended

onseeking script Triggers when a media element's seeking

attribute is true, and the seeking has begun

onselect script Triggers when an element is selected

onstalled script Triggers when there is an error in fetching

media data

onstorage script Triggers when a document loads

onsubmit script Triggers when a form is submitted

onsuspend script Triggers when the browser has been fetching

media data, but stopped before the entire
media file was fetched

ontimeupdate script Triggers when media changes its playing

position

onundo script Triggers when a document performs an undo

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onunload script Triggers when the user leaves the document

onvolumechange script Triggers when media changes the volume, also

when volume is set to "mute"

onwaiting script Triggers when media has stopped playing, but

is expected to resume

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15. COOKIES

What are Cookies?

Web Browsers and Servers use HTTP protocol to communicate and HTTP is a
stateless protocol. But for a commercial website, it is required to maintain session
information among different pages. For example, one user registration ends after
completing many pages. But how to maintain users' session information across all
the web pages.

In many situations, using cookies is the most efficient method of remembering

and tracking preferences, purchases, commissions, and other information required
for better visitor experience or site statistics.

How It Works?
Your server sends some data to the visitor's browser in the form of a cookie. The
browser may accept the cookie. If it does, it is stored as a plain text record on the
visitor's hard drive. Now, when the visitor arrives at another page on your site,
the browser sends the same cookie to the server for retrieval. Onceretrieved, your
server knows/remembers what was stored earlier.

Cookies are a plain text data record of 5 variable-length fields:

• Expires: The date the cookie will expire. If this is blank, the cookie will
expire when the visitor quits the browser.

• Domain: The domain name of your site.

• Path: The path to the directory or web page that set the cookie. This may
be blank if you want to retrieve the cookie from any directory or page.

• Secure: If this field contains the word "secure", then the cookie may only
be retrieved with a secure server. If this field is blank, no such restriction
exists.

• Name=Value: Cookies are set and retrieved in the form of key-value pairs.

Cookies were originally designed for CGI programming. The data contained in a
cookie is automatically transmitted between the web browser and the web
server, so CGI scripts on the server can read and write cookie values that are
stored on the client.

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JavaScript can also manipulate cookies using the cookie property ofthe
Document object. JavaScript can read, create, modify, and delete the cookies
that apply to the current web page.

Storing Cookies
The simplest way to create a cookie is to assign a string value to the
document.cookie object, which looks like this.

document.cookie = "key1=value1;key2=value2;expires=date";

Here the expires attribute is optional. If you provide this attribute with a valid
date or time, then the cookie will expire on a given date or time and thereafter,
the cookies' value will not be accessible.

Note: Cookie values may not include semicolons, commas, or whitespace. For this
reason, you may want to use the JavaScript escape() function to encodethe
value before storing it in the cookie. If you do this, you will also have to use the
corresponding unescape() function when you read the cookie value.

Example
Try the following. It sets a customer name in an input cookie.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function WriteCookie()
{
if( document.myform.customer.value == "" ){
alert ("Enter some value!");
return;
}

cookievalue= escape(document.myform.customer.value) + ";";

document.cookie="name=" + cookievalue;
document.write ("Setting Cookies : " + "name=" + cookievalue );
}
//-->
</script>

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</head>
<body>
<form name="myform" action="">
Enter name: <input type="text" name="customer"/>
<input type="button" value="Set Cookie" onclick="WriteCookie();"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Output

Enter name: Set

Now your machine has a cookie called name. You can set multiple cookies using
multiple key=value pairs separated by comma.

Reading Cookies
Reading a cookie is just as simple as writing one, because the value of the
document.cookie object is the cookie. So you can use this string whenever you
want to access the cookie. The document.cookie string will keep a listof
name=value pairs separated by semicolons, where name is the name of a cookie
and value is its string value.

You can use strings' split() function to break a string into key and values as
follows:

Example
Try the following example to get all the cookies.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function ReadCookie()
{
var allcookies = document.cookie;
document.write ("All Cookies : " + allcookies );
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// Get all the cookies pairs in an array

cookiearray = allcookies.split(';');

// Now take key value pair out of this array

for(var i=0; i<cookiearray.length; i++){
name = cookiearray[i].split('=')[0];
value = cookiearray[i].split('=')[1];
document.write ("Key is : " + name + " and Value is : " + value);
}
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="myform" action="">
<p> click the following button and see the result:</p>
<input type="button" value="Get Cookie" onclick="ReadCookie()"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Note: Here length is a method of Array class which returns the length of an
array. We will discuss Arrays in a separate chapter. By that time, please try to
digest it.

Output

click the following button and see the result:

Get Cookie

Note: There may be some other cookies already set on your machine. The
above code will display all the cookies set on your machine.

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Setting Cookies Expiry Date

You can extend the life of a cookie beyond the current browser session by setting
an expiration date and saving the expiry date within the cookie. This can be done
by setting the ‘expires’ attribute to a date and time.

Example
Try the following example. It illustrates how to extend the expiry date of a cookie
by 1 Month.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="formname" action="">
Enter name: <input type="text" name="customer"/>
<input type="button" value="Set Cookie" onclick="WriteCookie()"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>

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Output

Enter Cookie Name: Set Cookie

Deleting a Cookie
Sometimes you will want to delete a cookie so that subsequent attempts to read
the cookie return nothing. To do this, you just need to set the expiry date to a
time in the past.

Example
Try the following example. It illustrates how to delete a cookie by setting its expiry
date to one month behind the current date.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="formname" action="">
Enter name: <input type="text" name="customer"/>
<input type="button" value="Set Cookie" onclick="WriteCookie()"/>
</form>

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</body>
</html>

Output

Set Cookie
Enter Cookie Name:

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16. PAGE REDIRECT

What is Page Redirection?

You might have encountered a situation where you clicked a URL to reach a page
X but internally you were directed to another page Y. It happens due to page
redirection. This concept is different from JavaScript Page Refresh.

There could be various reasons why you would like to redirect a user from the
original page. We are listing down a few of the reasons:

• You did not like the name of your domain and you are moving to a new one.
In such a scenario, you may want to direct all your visitors to the new site.
Here you can maintain your old domain but put a single page with a page
redirection such that all your old domain visitors can come to your new
domain.

• You have built-up various pages based on browser versions or theirnames

or may be based on different countries, then instead of using your server-
side page redirection, you can use client-side page redirection to land your
users on the appropriate page.

• The Search Engines may have already indexed your pages. But while
moving to another domain, you would not like to lose your visitors coming
through search engines. So you can use client-side page redirection. But
keep in mind this should not be done to fool the search engine, it could lead
your site to get banned.

JavaScript Page Refresh

You can refresh a web page using JavaScript location.reload method. This code
can be called automatically upon an event or simply when the user clicks on a link.
If you want to refresh a web page using a mouse click, then you can usethe
following code:

<a href="javascript:location.reload(true)">Refresh Page</a>

Auto Refresh
You can also use JavaScript to refresh the page automatically after a given time
period. Here setTimeout() is a built-in JavaScript function which can be used to
execute another function after a given time interval.

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Example
Try the following example. It shows how to refresh a page after every 5
seconds. You can change this time as per your requirement.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/JavaScript">

</script>
</head>
<body onload="JavaScript:AutoRefresh(5000);">
<p>This page will refresh every 5 seconds.</p>
</body>
</html>

Output

This page will refresh every 5 seconds.

How Page Re-direction Works?

The implementations of Page-Redirection are as follows.

Example 1
It is quite simple to do a page redirect using JavaScript at client side. To redirect
your site visitors to a new page, you just need to add a line in your head section
as follows.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function Redirect() {

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window.location="http://www.tutorialspoint.com";
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>Click the following button, you will be redirected to home page.</p>
<form>
<input type="button" value="Redirect Me" onclick="Redirect();" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

Output

Click the following button, you will be redirected to home page.

Redirect Me

Example 2
You can show an appropriate message to your site visitors before redirecting them
to a new page. This would need a bit time delay to load a new page. The following
example shows how to implement the same. Here setTimeout() is a built-in
JavaScript function which can be used to execute another function aftera given
time interval.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function Redirect() {
window.location="http://www.tutorialspoint.com";
}
document.write ("You will be redirected to our main page in 10
seconds!");

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setTimeout('Redirect()', 10000);
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

Output

You will be redirected to tutorialspoint.com main page in 10 seconds!

Example 3
The following example shows how to redirect your site visitors onto a different
page based on their browsers.

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</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

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17. DIALOG BOX

JavaScript supports three important types of dialog boxes. These dialog boxes can
be used to raise and alert, or to get confirmation on any input or to have a kind
of input from the users. Here we will discuss each dialog box one by one.

Alert Dialog Box

An alert dialog box is mostly used to give a warning message to the users. For
example, if one input field requires to enter some text but the user does not
provide any input, then as a part of validation, you can use an alert box to give
a warning message.

Nonetheless, an alert box can still be used for friendlier messages. Alert box gives
only one button "OK" to select and proceed.

Example

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>Click the following button to see the result: </p>
<form>
<input type="button" value="Click Me" onclick="Warn();" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

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Output

Click the following button to see the result:

Click Me

Confirmation Dialog Box

A confirmation dialog box is mostly used to take user's consent on any option. It
displays a dialog box with two buttons: OK and Cancel.

If the user clicks on the OK button, the window method confirm() will return true.
If the user clicks on the Cancel button, then confirm() returns false. You can use
a confirmation dialog box as follows.

Example

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>Click the following button to see the result: </p>
<form>

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<input type="button" value="Click Me" onclick="getConfirmation();" />

</form>
</body>
</html>

Output

Click the following button to see the result:

Click Me

Prompt Dialog Box

The prompt dialog box is very useful when you want to pop-up a text box to get
user input. Thus, it enables you to interact with the user. The user needs to fill
in the field and then click OK.

This dialog box is displayed using a method called prompt() which takes two
parameters: (i) a label which you want to display in the text box and (ii) a default
string to display in the text box.

This dialog box has two buttons: OK and Cancel. If the user clicks the OK button,
the window method prompt() will return the entered value from thetext box.
If the user clicks the Cancel button, the window method prompt()
returns null.

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19. PAGE PRINTING

Many times you would like to place a button on your webpage to print the content
of that web page via an actual printer. JavaScript helps you to implement this
functionality using the print function of window object.

The JavaScript print function window.print() prints the current web page when
executed. You can call this function directly using the onclick event as shown in
the following example.

Example
Try the following example.

Output

Although it serves the purpose of getting a printout, it is not a recommended way.

A printer friendly page is really just a page with text, no images, graphics, or
advertising.

You can make a page printer friendly in the following ways:

1. Make a copy of the page and leave out unwanted text and graphics, then
link to that printer friendly page from the original. Check Example.
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2. If you do not want to keep an extra copy of a page, then you can mark
your printable text using proper comments like .....  and then you can use PERL or any other
script in the background to purge printable text and display for final
printing. We at Tutorialspoint use this method to provide print facility to our
site visitors. Check Example.

How to Print a Page?

If you don’t find the above facilities on a web page, then you can use the
browser's standard toolbar to get print the web page. Follow the link as follows.

File --> Print --> Click OK button.

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Part 2: JavaScript Objects

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20. OBJECTS

JavaScript is an Object Oriented Programming (OOP) language. A programming

language can be called object-oriented if it provides four basic capabilities to
developers:

• Encapsulation: the capability to store related information, whether data

or methods, together in an object.

• Aggregation: the capability to store one object inside another object.

• Inheritance: the capability of a class to rely upon another class (or

number of classes) for some of its properties and methods.

• Polymorphism: the capability to write one function or method that works

in a variety of different ways.

Objects are composed of attributes. If an attribute contains a function, it is

considered to be a method of the object, otherwise the attribute is considered a
property.

Object Properties
Object properties can be any of the three primitive data types, or any of the
abstract data types, such as another object. Object properties are usuallyvariables
that are used internally in the object's methods, but can also be globally visible
variables that are used throughout the page.

The syntax for adding a property to an object is:

objectName.objectProperty = propertyValue;

For example: The following code gets the document title using the "title"
property of the document object.

var str = document.title;

Object Methods
Methods are the functions that let the object do something or let something be
done to it. There is a small difference between a function and a method – at a
function is a standalone unit of statements and a method is attached to an object
and can be referenced by the this keyword.
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Methods are useful for everything from displaying the contents of the object to
the screen to performing complex mathematical operations on a group of local
properties and parameters.

For example: Following is a simple example to show how to use the

write() method of document object to write any content on the document.

document.write ("This is test");

User-Defined Objects
All user-defined objects and built-in objects are descendants of an object called
Object.

The new Operator

The new operator is used to create an instance of an object. To create an
object, the new operator is followed by the constructor method.

In the following example, the constructor methods are Object(), Array(), and
Date(). These constructors are built-in JavaScript functions.

var employee = new Object();

var books = new Array("C++", "Perl", "Java");
var day = new Date("August 15, 1947");

The Object ( ) Constructor

A constructor is a function that creates and initializes an object. JavaScript
provides a special constructor function called Object() to build the object. The
return value of the Object() constructor is assigned to a variable.

The variable contains a reference to the new object. The properties assigned to
the object are not variables and are not defined with the var keyword.

Example 1
Try the following example; it demonstrates how to create an Object.

<html>
<head>
<title>User-defined objects</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
var book = new Object(); // Create the object
book.subject = "Perl"; // Assign properties to the object
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book.author = "Mohtashim";
</script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.write("Book name is : " + book.subject + "<br>");
document.write("Book author is : " + book.author + "<br>");
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Book name is : Perl

Book author is : Mohtashim

Example 2
This example demonstrates how to create an object with a User-Defined Function.
Here this keyword is used to refer to the object that has been passed to a function.

<html>
<head>
<title>User-defined objects</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function book(title, author){
this.title = title;
this.author = author;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var myBook = new book("Perl", "Mohtashim");
document.write("Book title is : " + myBook.title + "<br>");
document.write("Book author is : " + myBook.author + "<br>");
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</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Book title is : Perl

Book author is : Mohtashim

Defining Methods for an Object

The previous examples demonstrate how the constructor creates the object and
assigns properties. But we need to complete the definition of an object by
assigning methods to it.

Example
Try the following example; it shows how to add a function along with an object.

<html>
<head>
<title>User-defined objects</title>
<script type="text/javascript">

// Define a function which will work as a method

function addPrice(amount){
this.price = amount;
}

function book(title, author){

this.title = title;
this.author = author;
this.addPrice = addPrice; // Assign that method as property.
}

</script>
</head>
<body>
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Output

Book title is : Perl

Book author is : Mohtashim
Book price is : 100

The ‘with’Keyword
The ‘with’ keyword is used as a kind of shorthand for referencing an object's
properties or methods.

The object specified as an argument to with becomes the default object for the
duration of the block that follows. The properties and methods for the object can
be used without naming the object.

Syntax
The syntax for with object is as follows:

with (object){
properties used without the object name and dot
}

Example

Try the following example.

<html>
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<head>
<title>User-defined objects</title>
<script type="text/javascript">

// Define a function which will work as a method

function addPrice(amount){
with(this){
price = amount;
}
}

function book(title, author){

this.title = title;
this.author = author;
this.price = 0;
this.addPrice = addPrice; // Assign that method as property.
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var myBook = new book("Perl", "Mohtashim");
myBook.addPrice(100);
document.write("Book title is : " + myBook.title + "<br>");
document.write("Book author is : " + myBook.author + "<br>");
document.write("Book price is : " + myBook.price + "<br>");
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Book title is : Perl

Book author is : Mohtashim
Book price is : 100
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21. NUMBER

The Number object represents numerical date, either integers or floating-point

numbers. In general, you do not need to worry about Number objects because
the browser automatically converts number literals to instances of the number
class.

Syntax
The syntax for creating a number object is as follows:

var val = new Number(number);

In the place of number, if you provide any non-number argument, then the
argument cannot be converted into a number, it returns NaN (Not-a-Number).

Number Properties
Here is a list of each property and their description.

Property Description

MAX_VALUE The largest possible value a number in JavaScript

can have 1.7976931348623157E+308

MIN_VALUE The smallest possible value a number in JavaScript

can have 5E-324

NaN Equal to a value that is not a number.

NEGATIVE_INFINITY A value that is less than MIN_VALUE.

POSITIVE_INFINITY A value that is greater than MAX_VALUE

prototype A static property of the Number object. Use the

prototype property to assign new properties and
methods to the Number object in the current
document

constructor Returns the function that created this object's

instance. By default this is the Number object.
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In the following sections, we will take a few examples to demonstrate the

properties of Number.

MAX_VALUE
The Number.MAX_VALUE property belongs to the static Number object. It
represents constants for the largest possible positive numbers that JavaScript can
work with.

The actual value of this constant is 1.7976931348623157 x 10308.

Syntax

The syntax to use MAX_VALUE is:

var val = Number.MAX_VALUE;

Example

Try the following example to learn how to use MAX_VALUE.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function showValue()
{
var val = Number.MAX_VALUE;

document.write ("Value of Number.MAX_VALUE : " + val );

alert("Value of bigNumber : " + bigNumber );

}
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>Click the following to see the result:</p>
<form>
<input type="button" value="Click Me" onclick="showValue();" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

Output

Click the following to see the result:

Click Me

Value of val : Infinity

Prototype
The prototype property allows you to add properties and methods to any object
(Number, Boolean, String and Date etc.).

Note: Prototype is a global property which is available with almost all the
objects.

Syntax
Use the following syntax to use Prototype.

object.prototype.name = value

Example
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Try the following example to use the prototype property to add a property to an
object.

<html>
<head>
<title>User-defined objects</title>

function book(title, author){

this.title = title;
this.author = author;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var myBook = new book("Perl", "Mohtashim");
book.prototype.price = null;
myBook.price = 100;
document.write("Book title is : " + myBook.title + "<br>");
document.write("Book author is : " + myBook.author + "<br>");
document.write("Book price is : " + myBook.price + "<br>");
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Book title is : Perl

Book author is : Mohtashim
Book price is : 100
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constructor
It returns a reference to the Number function that created the instance's
prototype.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

number.constructor()

Return value
Returns the function that created this object's instance.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript constructor() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var num = new Number( 177.1234 );
document.write("num.constructor() is : " + num.constructor);
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

num.constructor() is : function Number() { [native code] }

Number Methods
The Number object contains only the default methods that are a part of every
object's definition.

Method Description

toExponential() Forces a number to display in exponential notation, even if

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the number is in the range in which JavaScript normally uses

standard notation.

toFixed() Formats a number with a specific number of digits to the

right of the decimal.

toLocaleString() Returns a string value version of the current number in a

format that may vary according to a browser's local settings.

toPrecision() Defines how many total digits (including digits to the left and
right of the decimal) to display of a number.

toString() Returns the string representation of the number's value.

valueOf() Returns the number's value.

In the following sections, we will have a few examples to explain the methods of
Number.

toExponential ()
This method returns a string representing the number object in exponential
notation.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

number.toExponential( [fractionDigits] )

Parameter Details
fractionDigits: An integer specifying the number of digits after the decimal point.
Defaults to as many digits as necessary to specify the number.

Return Value
A string representing a Number object in exponential notation with one digit before
the decimal point, rounded to fractionDigits digits after the decimal point. If the
fractionDigits argument is omitted, the number of digits after the decimal point
defaults to the number of digits necessary to represent the value uniquely.

Example
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Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>Javascript Method toExponential()</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var num=77.1234;
var val = num.toExponential();
document.write("num.toExponential() is : " + val );
document.write("<br />");

val = num.toExponential(4);
document.write("num.toExponential(4) is : " + val );
document.write("<br />");

val = num.toExponential(2);
document.write("num.toExponential(2) is : " + val);
document.write("<br />");

val = 77.1234.toExponential();
document.write("77.1234.toExponential()is : " + val );
document.write("<br />");

val = 77.1234.toExponential();
document.write("77 .toExponential() is : " + val);
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

num.toExponential() is : 7.71234e+1
num.toExponential(4) is : 7.7123e+1
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num.toExponential(2) is : 7.71e+1
77.1234.toExponential()is : 7.71234e+1
77 .toExponential() is : 7.71234e+1

toFixed ()
This method formats a number with a specific number of digits to the right of
the decimal.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

number.toFixed( [digits] )

Parameter Details
digits: The number of digits to appear after the decimal point.

Return Value
A string representation of number that does not use exponential notation and
has the exact number of digits after the decimal place.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript toFixed() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var num=177.1234;
document.write("num.toFixed() is : " + num.toFixed());
document.write("<br />");
document.write("num.toFixed(6) is : " + num.toFixed(6));
document.write("<br />");
document.write("num.toFixed(1) is : " + num.toFixed(1));
document.write("<br />");
document.write("(1.23e+20).toFixed(2) is:" +
(1.23e+20).toFixed(2));
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document.write("<br />");
document.write("(1.23e-10).toFixed(2) is : " +
(1.23e-10).toFixed(2));
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

num.toFixed() is : 177
num.toFixed(6) is : 177.123400
num.toFixed(1) is : 177.1
(1.23e+20).toFixed(2) is:123000000000000000000.00
(1.23e-10).toFixed(2) is : 0.00

toLocaleString ()
This method converts a number object into a human readable string
representing the number using the locale of the environment.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

number.toLocaleString()

Return Value
Returns a human readable string representing the number using the locale of
the environment.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript toLocaleString() Method </title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
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var num = new Number(177.1234);

document.write( num.toLocaleString());
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

177.123

toPrecision ()
This method returns a string representing the number object to the specified
precision.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

number.toPrecision( [ precision ] )

Parameter Details
precision: An integer specifying the number of significant digits.

Return Value
Returns a string representing a Number object in fixed-point or exponential
notation rounded toprecision significant digits.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript toPrecision() Method </title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var num = new Number(7.123456);
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document.write("num.toPrecision() is " + num.toPrecision());

document.write("<br />");

document.write("num.toPrecision(4) is " + num.toPrecision(4));

document.write("<br />");

document.write("num.toPrecision(2) is " + num.toPrecision(2));

document.write("<br />");

document.write("num.toPrecision(1) is " + num.toPrecision(1));

</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

num.toPrecision() is 7.123456
num.toPrecision(4) is 7.123
num.toPrecision(2) is 7.1
num.toPrecision(1) is 7

toString ()
This method returns a string representing the specified object. The toString()
method parses its first argument, and attempts to return a string representation
in the specified radix (base).

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

number.toString( [radix] )

Parameter Details
radix: An integer between 2 and 36 specifying the base to use for representing
numeric values.

Return Value
Returns a string representing the specified Number object.

Example
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Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript toString() Method </title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var num = new Number(15);
document.write("num.toString() is " + num.toString());
document.write("<br />");

document.write("num.toString(2) is " + num.toString(2));

document.write("<br />");

document.write("num.toString(4) is " + num.toString(4));

document.write("<br />");
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

num.toString() is 15
num.toString(2) is 1111
num.toString(4) is 33

valueOf ()
This method returns the primitive value of the specified number object.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

number.valueOf()

Return Value
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Returns the primitive value of the specified number object.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript valueOf() Method </title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var num = new Number(15.11234);
document.write("num.valueOf() is " + num.valueOf());
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

num.valueOf() is 15.11234
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22. BOOLEAN

The Boolean object represents two values, either "true" or "false".

If value parameter is omitted or is 0, -0, null, false, NaN, undefined, or the empty
string (""), the object has an initial value of false.

Syntax

Use the following syntax to create a boolean object.

var val = new Boolean(value);

Boolean Properties
Here is a list of the properties of Boolean object:

Property Description

constructor Returns a reference to the Boolean function that

created the object.

prototype The prototype property allows you to add properties

and methods to an object.

In the following sections, we will have a few examples to illustrate the properties
of Boolean object.

constructor ()
Javascript boolean constructor() method returns a reference to the Boolean
function that created the instance's prototype.

Syntax
Use the following syntax to create a Boolean constructor() method.

boolean.constructor()

Return Value
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Returns the function that created this object's instance.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript constructor() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var bool = new Boolean( );
document.write("bool.constructor() is : " + bool.constructor);
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

bool.constructor() is : function Boolean() { [native code] }

Prototype
The prototype property allows you to add properties and methods to any object
(Number, Boolean, String and Date, etc.).

Note: Prototype is a global property which is available with almost all the
objects.

Syntax
Use the following syntax to create a Boolean prototype.

object.prototype.name = value

Example
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Try the following example; it shows how to use the prototype property to add a
property to an object.

<html>
<head>
<title>User-defined objects</title>

function book(title, author){

Output

Book title is : Perl

Book author is : Mohtashim
Book price is : 100

Boolean Methods
Here is a list of the methods of Boolean object and their description.
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Method Description

toSource() Returns a string containing the source of the Boolean object;

you can use this string to create an equivalent object.

toString() Returns a string of either "true" or "false" depending upon the

value of the object.

valueOf() Returns the primitive value of the Boolean object.

In the following sections, we will have a few examples to demonstrate the usage
of the Boolean methods.

toSource ()
Javascript boolean toSource() method returns a string representing the source
code of the object.

Note: This method is not compatible with all the browsers.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

boolean.toSource()

Return Value
Returns a string representing the source code of the object.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript toSource() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
function book(title, publisher, price)
{
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this.title = title;
this.publisher = publisher;
this.price = price;
}
var newBook = new book("Perl","Leo Inc",200);
document.write("newBook.toSource() is : "+ newBook.toSource());
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

({title:"Perl", publisher:"Leo Inc", price:200})

toString ()
This method returns a string of either "true" or "false" depending upon the value
of the object.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

boolean.toString()

Return Value
Returns a string representing the specified Boolean object.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript toString() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var flag = new Boolean(false);
document.write( "flag.toString is : " + flag.toString() );
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</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

flag.toString is : false

valueOf ()
Javascript boolean valueOf() method returns the primitive value of the
specified boolean object.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

boolean.valueOf()

Return Value
Returns the primitive value of the specified boolean object.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript toString() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var flag = new Boolean(false);
document.write( "flag.valueOf is : " + flag.valueOf() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

flag.valueOf is : false
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23. STRING

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.

Property Description

constructor Returns a reference to the String function that created the

object.

length Returns the length of the string.

prototype The prototype property allows you to add properties and

methods to an object.

In the following sections, we will have a few examples to demonstrate the usage
of String properties.

constructor
A constructor returns a reference to the string function that created the
instance's prototype.
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Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

string.constructor

Return Value
Returns the function that created this object's instance.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String constructor property</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = new String( "This is string" );
document.write("str.constructor is:" + str.constructor);
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

str.constructor is:function String() { [native code] }

Length
This property returns the number of characters in a string.

Syntax
Use the following syntax to find the length of a string:

string.length

Return Value
Returns the number of characters in the string.

Example
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Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String length Property</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = new String( "This is string" );
document.write("str.length is:" + str.length);
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

str.length is:14

Prototype
The prototype property allows you to add properties and methods to any object
(Number, Boolean, String, Date, etc.).

Note: Prototype is a global property which is available with almost all the
objects.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

object.prototype.name = value

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>User-defined objects</title>

function book(title, author){

Output

Book title is : Perl

Book author is : Mohtashim
Book price is : 100

String Methods
Here is a list of the methods available in String object along with their
description.

Method Description

charAt() Returns the character at the specified index.

charCodeAt() Returns a number indicating the Unicode value of the

character at the given index.
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concat() Combines the text of two strings and returns a new

string.

indexOf() Returns the index within the calling String object of the
first occurrence of the specified value, or -1 if not found.

lastIndexOf() Returns the index within the calling String object of the
last occurrence of the specified value, or -1 if not found.

localeCompare() Returns a number indicating whether a reference string

comes before or after or is the same as the given string
in sorted order.

match() Used to match a regular expression against a string.

replace() Used to find a match between a regular expression and

a string, and to replace the matched substring with a new
substring.

search() Executes the search for a match between a regular

expression and a specified string.

slice() Extracts a section of a string and returns a new string.

split() Splits a String object into an array of strings by

separating the string into substrings.

substr() Returns the characters in a string beginning at the

specified location through the specified number of
characters.

substring() Returns the characters in a string between two indexes

into the string.

toLocaleLowerCase() The characters within a string are converted to lower

case while respecting the current locale.

toLocaleUpperCase() The characters within a string are converted to upper

case while respecting the current locale.

toLowerCase() Returns the calling string value converted to lower case.

toString() Returns a string representing the specified object.

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toUpperCase() Returns the calling string value converted to uppercase.

valueOf() Returns the primitive value of the specified object.

In the following sections, we will have a few examples to demonstrate the usage
of String methods.

charAt()
charAt() is a method that returns the character from the specified index.

Characters in a string are indexed from left to right. The index of the first character
is 0, and the index of the last character in a string, called stringName, is
stringName.length – 1.

Syntax
Use the following syntax to find the character at a particular index.

string.charAt(index)

Argument Details
index: An integer between 0 and 1 less than the length of the string.

Return Value
Returns the character from the specified index.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String charAt() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = new String( "This is string" );
document.writeln("str.charAt(0) is:" + str.charAt(0));
document.writeln("<br />str.charAt(1) is:" + str.charAt(1));
document.writeln("<br />str.charAt(2) is:" + str.charAt(2));
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document.writeln("<br />str.charAt(3) is:" + str.charAt(3));

document.writeln("<br />str.charAt(4) is:" + str.charAt(4));
document.writeln("<br />str.charAt(5) is:" + str.charAt(5));
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

str.charAt(0) is:T
str.charAt(1) is:h
str.charAt(2) is:i
str.charAt(3) is:s
str.charAt(4) is:
str.charAt(5) is:i

charCodeAt ()
This method returns a number indicating the Unicode value of the character at the
given index.

Unicode code points range from 0 to 1,114,111. The first 128 Unicode code points
are a direct match of the ASCII character encoding. charCodeAt() always
returns a value that is less than 65,536.

Syntax
Use the following syntax to find the character code at a particular index.

string.charCodeAt(index)

Argument Details
index: An integer between 0 and 1 less than the length of the string; ifunspecified,
defaults to 0.

Return Value
Returns a number indicating the Unicode value of the character at the given index.
It returns NaN if the given index is not between 0 and 1 less than the length of
the string.

Example
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Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String charCodeAt() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = new String( "This is string" );
document.write("str.charCodeAt(0) is:" + str.charCodeAt(0));
document.write("<br />str.charCodeAt(1) is:" + str.charCodeAt(1));
document.write("<br />str.charCodeAt(2) is:" + str.charCodeAt(2));
document.write("<br />str.charCodeAt(3) is:" + str.charCodeAt(3));
document.write("<br />str.charCodeAt(4) is:" + str.charCodeAt(4));
document.write("<br />str.charCodeAt(5) is:" + str.charCodeAt(5));
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

str.charCodeAt(0) is:84
str.charCodeAt(1) is:104
str.charCodeAt(2) is:105
str.charCodeAt(3) is:115
str.charCodeAt(4) is:32
str.charCodeAt(5) is:105

contact ()
This method adds two or more strings and returns a new single string.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

string.concat(string2, string3[, ..., stringN]);

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Argument Details
string2...stringN: These are the strings to be concatenated.

Return Value
Returns a single concatenated string.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String concat() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str1 = new String( "This is string one" );
var str2 = new String( "This is string two" );
var str3 = str1.concat( str2 );

document.write("Concatenated String :" + str3);

</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Concatenated String :This is string one This is string two

indexOf ()
This method returns the index within the calling String object of the first
occurrence of the specified value, starting the search at fromIndex or -1 if the
value is not found.

Syntax
Use the following syntax to use the indexOf() method.

string.indexOf(searchValue[, fromIndex])
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Argument Details
• searchValue: A string representing the value to search for.

• fromIndex: The location within the calling string to start the search from.
It can be any integer between 0 and the length of the string. The default
value is 0.

Return Value
Returns the index of the found occurrence, otherwise -1 if not found.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String indexOf() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str1 = new String( "This is string one" );
var index = str1.indexOf( "string" );
document.write("indexOf found String :" + index );

document.write("<br />");

var index = str1.indexOf( "one" );

document.write("indexOf found String :" + index );

</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

indexOf found String :8

indexOf found String :15
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lastIndexOf ()
This method returns the index within the calling String object of the last
occurrence of the specified value, starting the search at fromIndex or -1 if the
value is not found.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

string.lastIndexOf(searchValue[, fromIndex])

Argument Details
• searchValue : A string representing the value to search for.

• fromIndex : The location within the calling string to start the search from.
It can be any integer between 0 and the length of the string. The default
value is 0.

Return Value
Returns the index of the last found occurrence, otherwise -1 if not found.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String lastIndexOf() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str1 = new String( "This is string one and again string" );
var index = str1.lastIndexOf( "string" );
document.write("lastIndexOf found String :" + index );

document.write("<br />");

var index = str1.lastIndexOf( "one" );

document.write("lastIndexOf found String :" + index );

</script>
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</body>
</html>

Output

lastIndexOf found String :29

lastIndexOf found String :15

localeCompare ()
This method returns a number indicating whether a reference string comes
before or after or is the same as the given string in sorted order.

Syntax
The syntax of localeCompare() method is:

string.localeCompare( param )

Argument Details
param : A string to be compared with string object.

Return Value
• 0 : If the string matches 100%.

• 1 : no match, and the parameter value comes before the string object's
value in the locale sort order

• -1 : no match, and the parameter value comes after the string object's
value in the local sort order

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String localeCompare() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str1 = new String( "This is beautiful string" );
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var index = str1.localeCompare( "XYZ" );

document.write("localeCompare first :" + index );

document.write("<br />" );

var index = str1.localeCompare( "AbCD ?" );

document.write("localeCompare second :" + index );

</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

localeCompare first :-1

localeCompare second :1

match ()
This method is used to retrieve the matches when matching a string against a
regular expression.

Syntax
Use the following syntax to use the match() method.

string.match ( param )

Argument Details
param : A regular expression object.

Return Value
• If the regular expression does not include the g flag, it returns the same
result as regexp.exec(string).

• If the regular expression includes the g flag, the method returns an Array
containing all the matches.

Example
Try the following example.
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<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String match() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = "For more information, see Chapter 3.4.5.1";
var re = /(chapter \d+(\.\d)*)/i;
var found = str.match( re );

document.write(found );

</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Chapter 3.4.5.1,Chapter 3.4.5.1,.1

replace ()
This method finds a match between a regular expression and a string, and
replaces the matched substring with a new substring.

The replacement string can include the following special replacement patterns:

Pattern Inserts

$$ Inserts a "$".

$& Inserts the matched substring.

$` Inserts the portion of the string that precedes the matched

substring.

$' Inserts the portion of the string that follows the matched
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substring.

$n or $nn Where n or nn are decimal digits, inserts the nth parenthesized

submatch string, provided the first argument was a RegExp
object.

Syntax
The syntax to use the replace() method is as follows:

string.replace(regexp/substr, newSubStr/function[, flags]);

Argument Details
• regexp : A RegExp object. The match is replaced by the return value of
parameter #2.

• substr : A String that is to be replaced by newSubStr.

• newSubStr : The String that replaces the substring received from

parameter #1.

• function : A function to be invoked to create the new substring.

• flags : A String containing any combination of the RegExp flags: g - global

match, i - ignore case, m - match over multiple lines. This parameter is
only used if the first parameter is a string.

Return Value
It simply returns a new changed string.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String replace() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var re = /apples/gi;
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var str = "Apples are round, and apples are juicy.";

var newstr = str.replace(re, "oranges");

document.write(newstr );

</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

oranges are round, and oranges are juicy.

Example
Try the following example; it shows how to switch words in a string.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String replace() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var re = /(\w+)\s(\w+)/;
var str = "zara ali";
var newstr = str.replace(re, "$2, $1");
document.write(newstr);

</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

ali, zara
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Search ()
This method executes the search for a match between a regular expression and
this String object.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

string.search(regexp);

Argument Details
regexp : A regular expression object. If a non-RegExp object obj is passed, it is
implicitly converted to a RegExp by using new RegExp(obj).

Return Value
If successful, the search returns the index of the regular expression inside the
string. Otherwise, it returns -1.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String search() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var re = /apples/gi;
var str = "Apples are round, and apples are juicy.";

if ( str.search(re) == -1 ){
document.write("Does not contain Apples" );
}else{
document.write("Contains Apples" );
}

</script>
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</body>
</html>

Output

Contains Apples

slice ()
This method extracts a section of a string and returns a new string.

Syntax
The syntax for slice() method is:

string.slice( beginslice [, endSlice] );

Argument Details
• beginSlice : The zero-based index at which to begin extraction.

• endSlice : The zero-based index at which to end extraction. If omitted, slice

extracts to the end of the string.

Return Value
If successful, slice returns the index of the regular expression inside the string.
Otherwise, it returns -1.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String slice() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var str = "Apples are round, and apples are juicy.";

var sliced = str.slice(3, -2);

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document.write( sliced );

</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

les are round, and apples are juic

split ()
This method splits a String object into an array of strings by separating the
string into substrings.

Syntax

Its syntax is as follows:

string.split([separator][, limit]);

Argument Details
• separator : Specifies the character to use for separating the string.
If separator is omitted, the array returned contains one element consisting of
the entire string.

• limit : Integer specifying a limit on the number of splits to be found.

Return Value
The split method returns the new array. Also, when the string is empty, split
returns an array containing one empty string, rather than an empty array.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
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<title>JavaScript String split() Method</title>

</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var str = "Apples are round, and apples are juicy.";

var splitted = str.split(" ", 3);
document.write( splitted );

</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Apples,are,round,

substr ()
This method returns the characters in a string beginning at the specified location
through the specified number of characters.

Syntax
The syntax to use substr() is as follows:

string.substr(start[, length]);

Argument Details
• start : Location at which to start extracting characters (an integer between 0
and one less than the length of the string).

• length : The number of characters to extract.

Note: If start is negative, substr uses it as a character index from the end of the
string.

Return Value
The substr() method returns the new sub-string based on given parameters.

Example
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Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String substr() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var str = "Apples are round, and apples are juicy.";

document.write("(1,2): " + str.substr(1,2));

document.write("<br />(-2,2): " + str.substr(-2,2));
document.write("<br />(1): " + str.substr(1));
document.write("<br />(-20, 2): " + str.substr(-20,2));
document.write("<br />(20, 2): " + str.substr(20,2));

</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

(1,2): pp
(-2,2): y.
(1): pples are round, and apples are juicy.
(-20, 2): nd
(20, 2): d

substring ()
This method returns a subset of a String object.

Syntax
The syntax to use substr() is as follows:

string.substring(indexA, [indexB])

Argument Details
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• indexA : An integer between 0 and one less than the length of the string.

• indexB : (optional) An integer between 0 and the length of the string.

Return Value
The substring method returns the new sub-string based on given parameters.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String substring() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = "Apples are round, and apples are juicy.";
document.write("(1,2): " + str.substring(1,2));
document.write("<br />(0,10): " + str.substring(0, 10));
document.write("<br />(5): " + str.substring(5));
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

(1,2): p
(0,10): Apples are
(5): s are round, and apples are juicy.

toLocaleLowerCase()
This method is used to convert the characters within a string to lowercase while
respecting the current locale. For most languages, it returns the same output as
toLowerCase.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

string.toLocaleLowerCase( )
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Return Value
Returns a string in lowercase with the current locale.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String toLocaleLowerCase() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = "Apples are round, and Apples are Juicy.";
document.write(str.toLocaleLowerCase( ));
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

apples are round, and apples are juicy.

toLocaleUppereCase ()
This method is used to convert the characters within a string to uppercase while
respecting the current locale. For most languages, it returns the same output as
toUpperCase.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

string.toLocaleUpperCase( )

Return Value
Returns a string in uppercase with the current locale.
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Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String toLocaleUpperCase() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = "Apples are round, and Apples are Juicy.";
document.write(str.toLocaleUpperCase( ));
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

APPLES ARE ROUND, AND APPLES ARE JUICY.

toLowerCase ()
This method returns the calling string value converted to lowercase.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

string.toLowerCase( )

Return Value
Returns the calling string value converted to lowercase.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
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<head>
<title>JavaScript String toLowerCase() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = "Apples are round, and Apples are Juicy.";
document.write(str.toLowerCase( ));
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

apples are round, and apples are juicy.

toString ()
This method returns a string representing the specified object.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

string.toString( )

Return Value

Returns a string representing the specified object.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String toString() Method</title>
</head>
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<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = "Apples are round, and Apples are Juicy.";
document.write(str.toString( ));
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Apples are round, and Apples are Juicy.

toUpperCase ()
This method returns the calling string value converted to uppercase.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

string.toUpperCase( )

Return Value

Returns a string representing the specified object.

Example

Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String toUpperCase() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
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Output

APPLES ARE ROUND, AND APPLES ARE JUICY.

valueOf ()
This method returns the primitive value of a String object.

Syntax

Its syntax is as follows:

string.valueOf( )

Return Value
Returns the primitive value of a String object.

Example

Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String valueOf() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = new String("Hello world");
document.write(str.valueOf( ));
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Output

Hello world

String HTML Wrappers

Here is a list of the methods that return a copy of the string wrapped inside an
appropriate HTML tag.

Method Description

anchor() Creates an HTML anchor that is used as a hypertext

target.

big() Creates a string to be displayed in a big font as if it

were in a <big> tag.

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.

fixed() Causes a string to be displayed in fixed-pitch font as if

it were in a <tt> tag

fontcolor() Causes a string to be displayed in the specified color as

if it were in a <font color="color"> tag.

fontsize() Causes a string to be displayed in the specified font size

as if it were in a <font size="size"> tag.

italics() Causes a string to be italic, as if it were in an <i> tag.

link() Creates an HTML hypertext link that requests another

URL.

small() Causes a string to be displayed in a small font, as if it

were in a <small> tag.

strike() Causes a string to be displayed as struck-out text, as if

it were in a <strike> tag.

sub() Causes a string to be displayed as a subscript, as if it

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were in a <sub> tag

sup() Causes a string to be displayed as a superscript, as if it

were in a <sup> tag

In the following sections, we will have a few examples to demonstrate the usage
of string HTML wrappers.

anchor()
This method creates an HTML anchor that is used as a hypertext target.

fontColor ()
This method causes a string to be displayed in the specified color as if it were in
a <font color="color"> tag.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

string.fontColor( color)

Attribute Details
color: A string expressing the color as a hexadecimal RGB triplet or as a string
literal.

Return Value
Returns the string with <font color="color"> tag.

Example

Try the following example.

<html>
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<head>
<title>JavaScript String fontcolor() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = new String("Hello world");
alert(str.fontcolor( "red" ));
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

<font color="red">Hello world</font>

fontsize ()
This method causes a string to be displayed in the specified size as if it were in a
<font size="size"> tag.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

string.fontsize( size )

Attribute Details
size: An integer between 1 and 7, a string representing a signed integer
between 1 and 7.

Return Value
Returns the string with <font size="size"> tag.

Example

Try the following example.

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<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String fontsize() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var str = new String("Hello world");

alert(str.fontsize( 3 ));

</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

<font size="3">Hello world</font>

italics ()
This method causes a string to be italic, as if it were in an <i> tag.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

string.italics ( )

Return Value
Returns the string with <i> tag.
Example

Try the following example.

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<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String italics() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = new String("Hello world");
alert(str.italics( ));
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

<i>Hello world</i>

link ()
This method creates an HTML hypertext link that requests another URL.

Syntax
The syntax for link() method is as follows:

string.link ( hrefname )

Attribute Details
hrefname: Any string that specifies the HREF of the A tag; it should be a valid
URL.

Return Value
Returns the string with <a> tag.

Example

Try the following example.

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<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String link() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = new String("Hello world");
var URL = "http://www.tutorialspoint.com";

alert(str.link( URL ));

</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

<a href = “http://www.tutorialspoint.com”>Hello world</a>

small ()
This method causes a string to be displayed in a small font, as if it were in a
<small> tag.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

string.small ( )

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<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String sup() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var str = new String("Hello world");

alert(str.sup());

</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

<sup>Hello world</sup>
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24. ARRAYS

The Array object lets you store multiple values in a single variable. It stores a
fixed-size sequential collection of elements of the same type. An array is used to
store a collection of data, but it is often more useful to think of an array as a
collection of variables of the same type.

Syntax
Use the following syntax to create an Array Object.

var fruits = new Array( "apple", "orange", "mango" );

The Array parameter is a list of strings or integers. When you specify a single
numeric parameter with the Array constructor, you specify the initial length of the
array. The maximum length allowed for an array is 4,294,967,295.

You can create array by simply assigning values as follows:

var fruits = [ "apple", "orange", "mango" ];

You will use ordinal numbers to access and to set values inside an array as
follows.

fruits[0] is the first element

fruits[1] is the second element
fruits[2] is the third element

Array Properties
Here is a list of the properties of the Array object along with their description.

Property Description

constructor Returns a reference to the array function that created

the object.

index The property represents the zero-based index of the

match in the string
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input This property is only present in arrays created by

regular expression matches.

length Reflects the number of elements in an array.

prototype The prototype property allows you to add properties

and methods to an object.

In the following sections, we will have a few examples to illustrate the usage of
Array properties.

constructor
Javascript array constructor property returns a reference to the array function
that created the instance's prototype.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

array.constructor

Return Value
Returns the function that created this object's instance.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Array constructor Property</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var arr = new Array( 10, 20, 30 );
document.write("arr.constructor is:" + arr.constructor);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Output

arr.constructor is:function Array() { [native code] }

length
Javascript array length property returns an unsigned, 32-bit integer that
specifies the number of elements in an array.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

array.length

Return Value
Returns the length of an array.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Array length Property</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var arr = new Array( 10, 20, 30 );
document.write("arr.length is:" + arr.length);
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

arr.length is:3
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Prototype
The prototype property allows you to add properties and methods to any object
(Number, Boolean, String, Date, etc.).

Note: Prototype is a global property which is available with almost all the
objects.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

object.prototype.name = value

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>User-defined objects</title>

function book(title, author){

</body>
</html>

Output

Book title is : Perl

Book author is : Mohtashim
Book price is : 100

Array Methods
Here is a list of the methods of the Array object along with their description.

Method Description

concat() Returns a new array comprised of this array

joined with other array(s) and/or value(s).

every() Returns true if every element in this array

satisfies the provided testing function.

filter() Creates a new array with all of the elements of this

array for which the provided filtering function
returns true.

forEach() Calls a function for each element in the array.

indexOf() Returns the first (least) index of an element

within the array equal to the specified value, or -
1 if none is found.

join() Joins all elements of an array into a string.

lastIndexOf() Returns the last (greatest) index of an element

within the array equal to the specified value, or -
1 if none is found.

map() Creates a new array with the results of calling a

provided function on every element in this array.

pop() Removes the last element from an array and

returns that element.
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push() Adds one or more elements to the end of an

array and returns the new length of the array.

reduce() Apply a function simultaneously against two

values of the array (from left-to-right) as to
reduce it to a single value.

reduceRight() Apply a function simultaneously against two

values of the array (from right-to-left) as to
reduce it to a single value.

reverse() Reverses the order of the elements of an array --

the first becomes the last, and the last becomes
the first.

shift() Removes the first element from an array and

returns that element.

slice() Extracts a section of an array and returns a new

array.

some() Returns true if at least one element in this array

satisfies the provided testing function.

toSource() Represents the source code of an object

sort() Sorts the elements of an array.

splice() Adds and/or removes elements from an array.

toString() Returns a string representing the array and its

elements.

unshift() Adds one or more elements to the front of an

array and returns the new length of the array.

In the following sections, we will have a few examples to demonstrate the usage
of Array methods.
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concat ()
Javascript array concat() method returns a new array comprised of this array
joined with two or more arrays.

Syntax
The syntax of concat() method is as follows:

array.concat(value1, value2, ..., valueN);

Parameter Details
valueN : Arrays and/or values to concatenate to the resulting array.

Return Value
Returns the length of the array.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Array concat Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var alpha = ["a", "b", "c"];
var numeric = [1, 2, 3];

var alphaNumeric = alpha.concat(numeric);

document.write("alphaNumeric : " + alphaNumeric );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

alphaNumeric : a,b,c,1,2,3
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every ()
Javascript array every method tests whether all the elements in an array passes
the test implemented by the provided function.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

array.every(callback[, thisObject]);

Parameter Details
• callback : Function to test for each element.

• thisObject : Object to use as this when executing callback.

Return Value
Returns true if every element in this array satisfies the provided testing function.

Compatibility
This method is a JavaScript extension to the ECMA-262 standard; as such it may
not be present in other implementations of the standard. To make it work, you
need to add the following code at the top of your script.

if (!Array.prototype.every)
{
Array.prototype.every = function(fun /*, thisp*/)
{
var len = this.length;
if (typeof fun != "function")
throw new TypeError();

var thisp = arguments[1];

for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
if (i in this &&
!fun.call(thisp, this[i], i, this))
return false;
}
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return true;
};
}

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Array every Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
if (!Array.prototype.every)
{
Array.prototype.every = function(fun /*, thisp*/)
{
var len = this.length;
if (typeof fun != "function")
throw new TypeError();

var thisp = arguments[1];

for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
if (i in this &&
!fun.call(thisp, this[i], i, this))
return false;
}

return true;
};
}
function isBigEnough(element, index, array) {
return (element >= 10);
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var passed = [12, 5, 8, 130, 44].every(isBigEnough);

document.write("First Test Value : " + passed );

passed = [12, 54, 18, 130, 44].every(isBigEnough);

document.write("Second Test Value : " + passed );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

First Test Value : falseSecond Test Value : true

filter ()
Javascript array filter() method creates a new array with all elements that pass
the test implemented by the provided function.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

array.filter (callback[, thisObject]);

Parameter Details
• callback : Function to test for each element of an array.

• thisObject : Object to use as this when executing callback.

Return Value
Returns created array.

if (!Array.prototype.filter)
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{
Array.prototype.filter = function(fun /*, thisp*/)
{
var len = this.length;
if (typeof fun != "function")
throw new TypeError();

var res = new Array();

var thisp = arguments[1];
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
if (i in this)
{
var val = this[i]; // in case fun mutates this
if (fun.call(thisp, val, i, this))
res.push(val);
}
}

return res;
};
}

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Array filter Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
if (!Array.prototype.filter)
{
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Array.prototype.filter = function(fun /, thisp/)

{
var len = this.length;
if (typeof fun != "function")
throw new TypeError();

var res = new Array();

var thisp = arguments[1];
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
if (i in this)
{
var val = this[i]; // in case fun mutates this
if (fun.call(thisp, val, i, this))
res.push(val);
}
}

return res;
};
}

function isBigEnough(element, index, array) {

return (element >= 10);
}

var filtered = [12, 5, 8, 130, 44].filter(isBigEnough);

document.write("Filtered Value : " + filtered );

</script>
</body>
</html>

Output
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Filtered Value : 12,130,44

forEach ()
Javascript array forEach() method calls a function for each element in the
array.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

array.forEach(callback[, thisObject]);

Parameter Details
• callback : Function to test for each element of an array.

• thisObject : Object to use as this when executing callback.

Return Value
Returns the created array.

if (!Array.prototype.forEach)
{
Array.prototype.forEach = function(fun /*, thisp*/)
{
var len = this.length;
if (typeof fun != "function")
throw new TypeError();

var thisp = arguments[1];

for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
if (i in this)
fun.call(thisp, this[i], i, this);
}
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};
}

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Array forEach Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
if (!Array.prototype.forEach)
{
Array.prototype.forEach = function(fun /*, thisp*/)
{
var len = this.length;
if (typeof fun != "function")
throw new TypeError();

var thisp = arguments[1];

for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
if (i in this)
fun.call(thisp, this[i], i, this);
}
};
}

function printBr(element, index, array) {

document.write("<br />[" + index + "] is " + element );
}

[12, 5, 8, 130, 44].forEach(printBr);

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</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

[0] is 12
[1] is 5
[2] is 8
[3] is 130
[4] is 44

indexOf ()
Javascript array indexOf() method returns the first index at which a given
element can be found in the array, or -1 if it is not present.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

array.indexOf(searchElement[, fromIndex]);

Parameter Details
• searchElement : Element to locate in the array.

• fromIndex : The index at which to begin the search. Defaults to 0, i.e. the
whole array will be searched. If the index is greater than or equal to the
length of the array, -1 is returned.

Return Value
Returns the index of the found element.

if (!Array.prototype.indexOf)
{
Array.prototype.indexOf = function(elt /*, from*/)
{
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var len = this.length;

var from = Number(arguments[1]) || 0;

from = (from < 0)
? Math.ceil(from)
: Math.floor(from);
if (from < 0)
from += len;

for (; from < len; from++)

{
if (from in this &&
this[from] === elt)
return from;
}
return -1;
};
}

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Array indexOf Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
if (!Array.prototype.indexOf)
{
Array.prototype.indexOf = function(elt /*, from*/)
{
var len = this.length;
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var from = Number(arguments[1]) || 0;

from = (from < 0)
? Math.ceil(from)
: Math.floor(from);
if (from < 0)
from += len;

for (; from < len; from++)

{
if (from in this &&
this[from] === elt)
return from;
}
return -1;
};
}

function printBr(element, index, array) {

document.write("<br />[" + index + "] is " + element );
}

var index = [12, 5, 8, 130, 44].indexOf(8);

document.write("index is : " + index );

var index = [12, 5, 8, 130, 44].indexOf(13);

document.write("<br />index is : " + index );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

index is : 2
index is : -1
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join ()
Javascript array join() method joins all the elements of an array into a string.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

array.join(separator);

Parameter Details
separator : Specifies a string to separate each element of the array. If omitted,
the array elements are separated with a comma.

Return Value
Returns a string after joining all the array elements.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Array join Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var arr = new Array("First","Second","Third");

var str = arr.join();

document.write("str : " + str );

var str = arr.join(", ");

document.write("<br />str : " + str );

var str = arr.join(" + ");

document.write("<br />str : " + str );
</script>
</body>
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</html>

Output

str : First,Second,Third
str : First, Second, Third
str : First + Second + Third

lastIndexOf ()
Javascript array lastIndexOf() method returns the last index at which a given
element can be found in the array, or -1 if it is not present. The array is searched
backwards, starting at fromIndex.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

array.join(separator);

Parameter Details
• searchElement : Element to locate in the array.

• fromIndex : The index at which to start searching backwards. Defaults to

the array's length, i.e., the whole array will be searched. If the index is
greater than or equal to the length of the array, the whole array will be
searched. If negative, it is taken as the offset from the end of the array.

Return Value
Returns the index of the found element from the last.

Compatibility

This method is a JavaScript extension to the ECMA-262 standard; as such it may

not be present in other implementations of the standard. To make it work, you
need to add the following code at the top of your script.

if (!Array.prototype.lastIndexOf)
{
Array.prototype.lastIndexOf = function(elt /*, from*/)
{
var len = this.length;
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var from = Number(arguments[1]);

if (isNaN(from))
{
from = len - 1;
}
else
{
from = (from < 0)
? Math.ceil(from)
: Math.floor(from);
if (from < 0)
from += len;
else if (from >= len)
from = len - 1;
}

for (; from > -1; from--)

{
if (from in this &&
this[from] === elt)
return from;
}
return -1;
};
}

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Array lastIndexOf Method</title>
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</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
if (!Array.prototype.lastIndexOf)
{
Array.prototype.lastIndexOf = function(elt /*, from*/)
{
var len = this.length;

var from = Number(arguments[1]);

if (isNaN(from))
{
from = len - 1;
}
else
{
from = (from < 0)
? Math.ceil(from)
: Math.floor(from);
if (from < 0)
from += len;
else if (from >= len)
from = len - 1;
}

for (; from > -1; from--)

{
if (from in this &&
this[from] === elt)
return from;
}
return -1;
};
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var index = [12, 5, 8, 130, 44].lastIndexOf(8);

document.write("index is : " + index );

var index = [12, 5, 8, 130, 44, 5].lastIndexOf(5);

document.write("<br />index is : " + index );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

index is : 2
index is : 5

map ()
Javascript array map() method creates a new array with the results of calling a
provided function on every element in this array.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

array.map(callback[, thisObject]);

Parameter Details
• callback : Function that produces an element of the new Array from an
element of the current one.

• thisObject : Object to use as this when executing callback.

Return Value
Returns the created array.

Compatibility
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This method is a JavaScript extension to the ECMA-262 standard; as such it may

not be present in other implementations of the standard. To make it work, you
need to add the following code at the top of your script.

if (!Array.prototype.map)
{
Array.prototype.map = function(fun /*, thisp*/)
{
var len = this.length;
if (typeof fun != "function")
throw new TypeError();

var res = new Array(len);

var thisp = arguments[1];
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
if (i in this)
res[i] = fun.call(thisp, this[i], i, this);
}

return res;
};
}

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Array map Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
if (!Array.prototype.map)
{
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Array.prototype.map = function(fun /, thisp/)

{
var len = this.length;
if (typeof fun != "function")
throw new TypeError();

var res = new Array(len);

var thisp = arguments[1];
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
if (i in this)
res[i] = fun.call(thisp, this[i], i, this);
}

return res;
};
}

var numbers = [1, 4, 9];

var roots = numbers.map(Math.sqrt);

document.write("roots is : " + roots );

</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

roots is : 1,2,3

pop ()
Javascript array pop() method removes the last element from an array and
returns that element.
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Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Array.pop();

Return Value
Returns the removed element from the array.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Array pop Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var numbers = [1, 4, 9];

var element = numbers.pop();

document.write("element is : " + element );

var element = numbers.pop();

document.write("<br />element is : " + element );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

element is : 9
element is : 4

push ()
Javascript array push() method appends the given element(s) in the last of the
array and returns the length of the new array.

Syntax
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Its syntax is as follows:

Array.push();

Parameter Details
element1, ..., elementN: The elements to add to the end of the array.

Return Value
Returns the length of the new array.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Array push Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var numbers = new Array(1, 4, 9);

var length = numbers.push(10);

document.write("new numbers is : " + numbers );

length = numbers.push(20);
document.write("<br />new numbers is : " + numbers );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

new numbers is : 1,4,9,10

new numbers is : 1,4,9,10,20
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reduce ()
Javascript array reduce() method applies a function simultaneously against two
values of the array (from left-to-right) as to reduce it to a single value.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

array.reduce(callback[, initialValue]);

Parameter Details
• callback : Function to execute on each value in the array.

• initialValue : Object to use as the first argument to the first call of the
callback.

Return Value
Returns the reduced single value of the array.

Compatibility

This method is a JavaScript extension to the ECMA-262 standard; as such it may

not be present in other implementations of the standard. To make it work, you
need to add the following code at the top of your script.

if (!Array.prototype.reduce)
{
Array.prototype.reduce = function(fun /*, initial*/)
{
var len = this.length;
if (typeof fun != "function")
throw new TypeError();

// no value to return if no initial value and an empty array

if (len == 0 && arguments.length == 1)
throw new TypeError();

var i = 0;
if (arguments.length >= 2)
{
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var rv = arguments[1];
}
else
{
do
{
if (i in this)
{
rv = this[i++];
break;
}

// if array contains no values, no initial value to return

if (++i >= len)
throw new TypeError();
}
while (true);
}

for (; i < len; i++)

{
if (i in this)
rv = fun.call(null, rv, this[i], i, this);
}

return rv;
};
}

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
Javascript

<title>JavaScript Array reduce Method</title>

</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
if (!Array.prototype.reduce)
{
Array.prototype.reduce = function(fun /*, initial*/)
{
var len = this.length;
if (typeof fun != "function")
throw new TypeError();

// no value to return if no initial value and an empty array

if (len == 0 && arguments.length == 1)
throw new TypeError();

var i = 0;
if (arguments.length >= 2)
{
var rv = arguments[1];
}
else
{
do
{
if (i in this)
{
rv = this[i++];
break;
}

// if array contains no values, no initial value to return

if (++i >= len)
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throw new TypeError();

}
while (true);
}

for (; i < len; i++)

{
if (i in this)
rv = fun.call(null, rv, this[i], i, this);
}

return rv;
};
}

var total = [0, 1, 2, 3].reduce(function(a, b){ return a + b; });

document.write("total is : " + total );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

total is : 6

reduceRight ()
Javascript array reduceRight() method applies a function simultaneously against
two values of the array (from right-to-left) as to reduce it to a single value.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

array.reduceRight(callback[, initialValue]);

Parameter Details
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• callback : Function to execute on each value in the array.

• initialValue : Object to use as the first argument to the first call of the
callback.

Return Value
Returns the reduced right single value of the array.

Compatibility

This method is a JavaScript extension to the ECMA-262 standard; as such it may

not be present in other implementations of the standard. To make it work, you
need to add the following code at the top of your script.

if (!Array.prototype.reduceRight)
{
Array.prototype.reduceRight = function(fun /*, initial*/)
{
var len = this.length;
if (typeof fun != "function")
throw new TypeError();

// no value to return if no initial value, empty array

if (len == 0 && arguments.length == 1)
throw new TypeError();

var i = len - 1;
if (arguments.length >= 2)
{
var rv = arguments[1];
}
else
{
do
{
if (i in this)
{
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rv = this[i--];
break;
}

// if array contains no values, no initial value to return

if (--i < 0)
throw new TypeError();
}
while (true);
}

for (; i >= 0; i--)

{
if (i in this)
rv = fun.call(null, rv, this[i], i, this);
}

return rv;
};
}

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Array reduceRight Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
if (!Array.prototype.reduceRight)
{
Array.prototype.reduceRight = function(fun /*, initial*/)
{
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var len = this.length;

if (typeof fun != "function")
throw new TypeError();

// no value to return if no initial value, empty array

if (len == 0 && arguments.length == 1)
throw new TypeError();

var i = len - 1;
if (arguments.length >= 2)
{
var rv = arguments[1];
}
else
{
do
{
if (i in this)
{
rv = this[i--];
break;
}

// if array contains no values, no initial value to return

if (--i < 0)
throw new TypeError();
}
while (true);
}

for (; i >= 0; i--)

{
if (i in this)
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rv = fun.call(null, rv, this[i], i, this);

}

return rv;
};
}

var total = [0, 1, 2, 3].reduceRight(function(a, b){ return a + b; });

document.write("total is : " + total );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output
total is : 6

reverse ()
Javascript array reverse() method reverses the element of an array. The first
array element becomes the last and the last becomes the first.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

array.reverse();

Return Value
Returns the reversed single value of the array.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Array reverse Method</title>
</head>
Javascript

<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var arr = [0, 1, 2, 3].reverse();
document.write("Reversed array is : " + arr );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Reversed array is : 3,2,1,0

shift ()
Javascript array shift() method removes the first element from an array and
returns that element.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

array.shift();

Return Value
Returns the removed single value of the array.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Array shift Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var element = [105, 1, 2, 3].shift();
document.write("Removed element is : " + element );
</script>
</body>
Javascript

</html>

Output

Removed element is : 105

slice ()
Javascript array slice() method extracts a section of an array and returns a new
array.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

array.slice( begin [,end] );

Parameter Details
• begin : Zero-based index at which to begin extraction. As a negative
index, start indicates an offset from the end of the sequence.

• end : Zero-based index at which to end extraction.

Return Value
Returns the extracted array based on the passed parameters.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Array slice Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var arr = ["orange", "mango", "banana", "sugar", "tea"];
document.write("arr.slice( 1, 2) : " + arr.slice( 1, 2) );
document.write("<br />arr.slice( 1, 2) : " + arr.slice( 1, 3) );
</script>
</body>
Javascript

</html>

Output

arr.slice( 1, 2) : mango
arr.slice( 1, 2) : mango,banana

some ()
Javascript array some() method tests whether some element in the array
passes the test implemented by the provided function.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

array.some(callback[, thisObject]);

Parameter Details
• callback : Function to test for each element.

• thisObject : Object to use as this when executing callback.

Return Value
If some element pass the test, then it returns true, otherwise false.

Compatibility

This method is a JavaScript extension to the ECMA-262 standard; as such it may

not be present in other implementations of the standard. To make it work, you
need to add the following code at the top of your script.

if (!Array.prototype.some)
{
Array.prototype.some = function(fun /*, thisp*/)
{
var len = this.length;
if (typeof fun != "function")
throw new TypeError();

var thisp = arguments[1];

for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)
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{
if (i in this &&
fun.call(thisp, this[i], i, this))
return true;
}

return false;
};
}

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Array some Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
if (!Array.prototype.some)
{
Array.prototype.some = function(fun /*, thisp*/)
{
var len = this.length;
if (typeof fun != "function")
throw new TypeError();

var thisp = arguments[1];

for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
if (i in this &&
fun.call(thisp, this[i], i, this))
return true;
}
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return false;
};
}

function isBigEnough(element, index, array) {

return (element >= 10);
}

var retval = [2, 5, 8, 1, 4].some(isBigEnough);

document.write("Returned value is : " + retval );

var retval = [12, 5, 8, 1, 4].some(isBigEnough);

document.write("<br />Returned value is : " + retval );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Returned value is : false

Returned value is : true

sort ()
Javascript array sort() method sorts the elements of an array.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

array.sort( compareFunction );

Parameter Details
compareFunction: Specifies a function that defines the sort order. If omitted,
the array is sorted lexicographically.
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Return Value
Returns a sorted array.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Array sort Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var arr = new Array("orange", "mango", "banana", "sugar");

var sorted = arr.sort();

document.write("Returned string is : " + sorted );

</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Returned string is : banana,mango,orange,sugar

splice ()
Javascript array splice() method changes the content of an array, adding new
elements while removing old elements.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

array.splice(index, howMany, [element1][, ..., elementN]);

Parameter Details
• index: Index at which to start changing the array.
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• howMany: An integer indicating the number of old array elements to

remove. If howMany is 0, no elements are removed.

• element1, ..., elementN: The elements to add to the array. If you don't
specify any elements, splice simply removes the elements from the array.

Return Value
Returns the extracted array based on the passed parameters.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Array splice Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var arr = ["orange", "mango", "banana", "sugar", "tea"];

var removed = arr.splice(2, 0, "water");

Note: Parameters in the brackets are always optional.

Here is a description of the parameters:

• No Argument: With no arguments, the Date() constructor creates a Date

object set to the current date and time.

• milliseconds: When one numeric argument is passed, it is taken as the

internal numeric representation of the date in milliseconds, as returned by
the getTime() method. For example, passing the argument 5000 creates a
date that represents five seconds past midnight on 1/1/70.

• datestring: When one string argument is passed, it is a string

representation of a date, in the format accepted by the Date.parse()
method.

• 7 agruments: To use the last form of the constructor shown above. Here
is a description of each argument:
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o year: Integer value representing the year. For compatibility (in order
to avoid the Y2K problem), you should always specify the year in full;
use 1998, rather than 98.

o month: Integer value representing the month, beginning with 0 for

January to 11 for December.

o date: Integer value representing the day of the month.

o hour: Integer value representing the hour of the day (24-hour scale).
o minute: Integer value representing the minute segment of a time
reading.

o second: Integer value representing the second segment of a time

reading.

o millisecond: Integer value representing the millisecond segment of a

time reading.

Date Properties
Here is a list of the properties of the Date object along with their description.

Property Description

constructor Specifies the function that creates an object's

prototype.

prototype The prototype property allows you to add properties

and methods to an object.

In the following sections, we will have a few examples to demonstrate the usage
of different Date properties.

constructor
Javascript date constructor property returns a reference to the array function
that created the instance's prototype.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

date.constructor
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Return Value
Returns the function that created this object's instance.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Date constructor Property</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date();
document.write("dt.constructor is : " + dt.constructor);
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

dt.constructor is : function Date() { [native code] }

Prototype
The prototype property allows you to add properties and methods to any object
(Number, Boolean, String, Date, etc.).

Note: Prototype is a global property which is available with almost all the
objects.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

object.prototype.name = value
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Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>User-defined objects</title>

function book(title, author){

Output

Book title is : Perl

Book author is : Mohtashim
Book price is : 100
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Date Methods
Here is a list of the methods used with Date and their description.

Method Description

Date() Returns today's date and time

getUTCHours() Returns the hours in the specified date according to

universal time.

getUTCMilliseconds() Returns the milliseconds in the specified date

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to universal time.

setUTCMinutes() Sets the minutes for a specified date according to

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using the current locale's conventions.

toLocaleFormat() Converts a date to a string, using a format string.

toLocaleString() Converts a date to a string, using the current

locale's conventions.

toLocaleTimeString() Returns the "time" portion of the Date as a string,

using the current locale's conventions.

toSource() Returns a string representing the source for an

equivalent Date object; you can use this value to
create a new object.

toString() Returns a string representing the specified Date

object.

toTimeString() Returns the "time" portion of the Date as a human-

readable string.

toUTCString() Converts a date to a string, using the universal time

convention.

valueOf() Returns the primitive value of a Date object.

In the following sections, we will have a few examples to demonstrate the usage
of Date methods.
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Date()
Javascript Date() method returns today's date and time and does not need any
object to be called.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date()

Return Value
Returns today's date and time.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Date Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = Date();
document.write("Date and Time : " + dt );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Date and Time : Wed Mar 25 2015 15:00:57 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

getDate()
Javascript date getDate() method returns the day of the month for the specified
date according to local time. The value returned by getDate is an integer between
1 and 31.
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Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.getDate()

Return Value
Returns today's date and time.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript getDate Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date("December 25, 1995 23:15:00");
document.write("getDate() : " + dt.getDate() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

getDate() : 25

getDay()
Javascript date getDay() method returns the day of the week for the specified
date according to local time. The value returned by getDay is an integer
corresponding to the day of the week: 0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday, 2 for Tuesday,
and so on.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.getDay()
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Return Value
Returns the day of the week for the specified date according to local time.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript getDay Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date("December 25, 1995 23:15:00");
document.write("getDay() : " + dt.getDay() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

getDay() : 1

getFullYear()
Javascript date getFullYear() method returns the year of the specified date
according to local time. The value returned by getFullYear is an absolute number.
For dates between the years 1000 and 9999, getFullYear returns a four-digit
number, for example, 2008.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.getFullYear()

Return Value
Returns the year of the specified date according to local time.
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Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript getFullYear Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date("December 25, 1995 23:15:00");
document.write("getFullYear() : " + dt.getFullYear() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

getFullYear() : 1995

getHours()
Javascript Date getHours() method returns the hour in the specified date
according to local time. The value returned by getHours is an integer between 0
and 23.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.getHours()

Return Value
Returns the hour in the specified date according to local time.

Example
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Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript getHours Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date("December 25, 1995 23:15:00");
document.write("getHours() : " + dt.getHours() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

getHours() : 23

getMilliseconds()
Javascript date getMilliseconds() method returns the milliseconds in the
specified date according to local time. The value returned by getMilliseconds is
a number between 0 and 999.

Syntax

Its syntax is as follows:

Date.getMilliseconds ()

Return Value
Returns the milliseconds in the specified date according to local time.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript getMilliseconds Method</title>
</head>
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<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date();
document.write("getMilliseconds() : " + dt.getMilliseconds() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

getMilliseconds() : 641

getMinutes ()
Javascript date getMinutes() method returns the minutes in the specified date
according to local time. The value returned by getMinutes is an integer between
0 and 59.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.getMinutes ()

Return Value
Returns the minutes in the specified date according to local time.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript getMinutes Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "December 25, 1995 23:15:00" );
document.write("getMinutes() : " + dt.getMinutes() );
</script>
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</body>
</html>

Output

getMinutes() : 15

getMonth ()
Javascript date getMonth() method returns the month in the specified date
according to local time. The value returned by getMonth is an integer between
0 and 11. 0 corresponds to January, 1 to February, and so on.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.getMonth ()

Return Value
Returns the Month in the specified date according to local time.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript getMonth Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "December 25, 1995 23:15:00" );
document.write("getMonth() : " + dt.getMonth() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output
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getMonth() : 11

getSeconds ()
Javascript date getSeconds() method returns the seconds in the specified date
according to local time. The value returned by getSeconds is an integer between
0 and 59.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.getSeconds ()

Return Value
Returns the seconds in the specified date according to local time.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript getSeconds Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "December 25, 1995 23:15:20" );
document.write("getSeconds() : " + dt.getSeconds() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

getSeconds () : 20

getTime ()
Javascript date getTime() method returns the numeric value corresponding to
the time for the specified date according to universal time. The value returned
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by the getTime method is the number of milliseconds since 1 January 1970

00:00:00.

You can use this method to help assign a date and time to another Date object.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.getTime ()

Return Value
Returns the numeric value corresponding to the time for the specified date
according to universal time.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript getTime Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "December 25, 1995 23:15:20" );
document.write("getTime() : " + dt.getTime() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

getTime() : 819913520000

getTimezoneOffset ()
Javascript date getTimezoneOffset() method returns the time-zone offset in
minutes for the current locale. The time-zone offset is the minutes in difference,
the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is relative to your local time.

For example, if your time zone is GMT+10, -600 will be returned. Daylight savings
time prevents this value from being a constant.
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Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.getTimezoneOffset ()

Return Value
Returns the time-zone offset in minutes for the current locale.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript getTimezoneOffset Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date();
var tz = dt.getTimezoneOffset();
document.write("getTimezoneOffset() : " + tz );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

getTimezoneOffset() : -330

getUTCDate ()
Javascript date getUTCDate() method returns the day of the month in the specified
date according to universal time. The value returned by getUTCDate isan integer
between 1 and 31.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.getUTCDate ()
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Return Value
Returns the day of the month in the specified date according to universal time.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript getUTCDate Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "December 25, 1995 23:15:20" );
document.write("getUTCDate() : " + dt.getUTCDate() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

getUTCDate() : 25

getUTCDay ()
Javascript date getUTCDay() method returns the day of the week in the specified
date according to universal time. The value returned by getUTCDay is an integer
corresponding to the day of the week: 0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday, 2 for Tuesday,
and so on.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.getUTCDay ()

Return Value
Returns the day of the week in the specified date according to universal time.

Example
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Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript getUTCDay Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "December 25, 1995 23:15:20" );
document.write("getUTCDay() : " + dt.getUTCDay() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

getUTCDay() : 1

getUTCFullYear ()
Javascript date getUTCFullYear() method returns the year in the specified date
according to universal time. The value returned by getUTCFullYear is an absolute
number that is compliant with year-2000, for example, 2008.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.getUTCFullYear ()

Return Value
Returns the year in the specified date according to universal time.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript getUTCFullYear Method</title>
</head>
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<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "December 25, 1995 23:15:20" );
document.write("getUTCFullYear() : " + dt.getUTCFullYear() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

getUTCFullYear() : 1995

getUTCHours ()
Javascript date getUTCHours() method returns the hours in the specified date
according to universal time. The value returned by getUTCHours is an integer
between 0 and 23.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.getUTCHours ()

Return Value
Returns the hours in the specified date according to universal time.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript getUTCHours Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date();
document.write("getUTCHours() : " + dt.getUTCHours() );
</script>
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</body>
</html>

Output

getUTCHours() : 11

getUTCMilliseconds ()
Javascript date getUTCMilliseconds() method returns the milliseconds in the
specified date according to universal time. The value returned by
getUTCMilliseconds is an integer between 0 and 999.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.getUTCMilliseconds ()

Return Value
Returns the milliseconds in the specified date according to universal time.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript getUTCMilliseconds Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date();
document.write("getUTCMilliseconds() : " + dt.getUTCMilliseconds() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

getUTCMilliseconds() : 206
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getUTCMinutes ()
Javascript date getUTCMinutes() method returns the minutes in the specified
date according to universal time. The value returned by getUTCMinutes is an
integer between 0 and 59.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.getUTCMinutes ()

Return Value
Returns the minutes in the specified date according to universal time.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript getUTCMinutes Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date();
document.write("getUTCMinutes() : " + dt.getUTCMinutes() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

getUTCMinutes() : 18

getUTCMonth ()
Javascript date getUTCMonth() method returns the month in the specified date
according to universal time. The value returned by getUTCMonth is an integer
between 0 and 11 corresponding to the month. 0 for January, 1 for February, 2
for March, and so on.
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Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.getUTCMonth ()

Return Value
Returns the month in the specified date according to universal time.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript getUTCMonth Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date();
document.write("getUTCMonth() : " + dt.getUTCMonth() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

getUTCMonth() : 2

getUTCSeconds ()
Javascript date getUTCSeconds() method returns the seconds in the specified
date according to universal time. The value returned by getUTCSeconds is an
integer between 0 and 59.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.getUTCSeconds ()

Return Value
Returns the month in the specified date according to universal time.
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Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript getUTCSeconds Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date();
document.write("getUTCSeconds() : " + dt.getUTCSeconds() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

getUTCSeconds() : 24

getYear ()
Javascript date getYear() method returns the year in the specified date according
to universal time. The getYear is no longer used and has been replaced by the
getFullYear method.

The value returned by getYear is the current year minus 1900. JavaScript 1.2
and earlier versions return either a 2-digit or 4-digit year. For example, if the year
is 2026, the value returned is 2026. So before testing this function, you need to
be sure of the javascript version you are using.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.getYear ()

Return Value
Returns the year in the specified date according to universal time.

Example
Try the following example.
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<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript getYear Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date();
document.write("getYear() : " + dt.getYear() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

getYear() : 115

setDate ()
Javascript date setDate() method sets the day of the month for a specified date
according to local time.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.setDate( dayValue )

Parameter Detail
dayValue : An integer from 1 to 31, representing the day of the month.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript setDate Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
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var dt = new Date( "Aug 28, 2008 23:30:00" );

dt.setDate( 24 );
document.write( dt );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Sun Aug 24 2008 23:30:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

setFullYear ()
Javascript date setFullYear() method sets the full year for a specified date
according to local time.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.setFullYear(yearValue[, monthValue[, dayValue]])

Parameter Detail
• yearValue : An integer specifying the numeric value of the year, for
example, 2008.

• monthValue : An integer between 0 and 11 representing the months

January through December.

• dayValue : An integer between 1 and 31 representing the day of the

month. If you specify the dayValue parameter, you must also specify the
monthValue.

If you do not specify the monthValue and dayValue parameters, the values
returned from the getMonth and getDate methods are used.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
Javascript

<head>
<title>JavaScript setFullYear Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "Aug 28, 2008 23:30:00" );
dt.setFullYear( 2000 );
document.write( dt );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Mon Aug 28 2000 23:30:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

setHours ()
Javascript date setHours() method sets the hours for a specified date according
to local time.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.setHours(hoursValue[, minutesValue[, secondsValue[, msValue]]])

Note: Parameters in the bracket are always optional.

Parameter Detail
• hoursValue : An integer between 0 and 23, representing the hour.

• minutesValue : An integer between 0 and 59, representing the minutes.

• secondsValue : An integer between 0 and 59, representing the seconds.

If you specify the secondsValue parameter, you must also specify the
minutesValue.

• msValue : A number between 0 and 999, representing the milliseconds.

If you specify the msValue parameter, you must also specify the
minutesValue and secondsValue.
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If you do not specify the minutesValue, secondsValue, and msValue parameters,

the values returned from the getUTCMinutes, getUTCSeconds, andgetMilliseconds
methods are used.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript setHours Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "Aug 28, 2008 23:30:00" );
dt.setHours( 02 );
document.write( dt );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Thu Aug 28 2008 02:30:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

setMilliseconds ()
Javascript date setMilliseconds() method sets the milliseconds for a specified
date according to local time.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.setMilliseconds(millisecondsValue)

Note: Parameters in the bracket are always optional.

Parameter Detail
millisecondsValue : A number between 0 and 999, representing the
milliseconds.
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If you specify a number outside the expected range, the date information in the
Date object is updated accordingly. For example, if you specify 1010, thenumber
of seconds is incremented by 1, and 10 is used for the milliseconds.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript setMilliseconds Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "Aug 28, 2008 23:30:00" );
dt.setMilliseconds( 1010 );
document.write( dt );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Thu Aug 28 2008 23:30:01 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

setMinutes ()
Javascript date setMinutes() method sets the minutes for a specified date
according to local time.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.setMinutes(minutesValue[, secondsValue[, msValue]])

Note: Parameters in the bracket are always optional.

Parameter Detail
• minutesValue : An integer between 0 and 59, representing the minutes.
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• secondsValue : An integer between 0 and 59, representing the seconds. If

you specify the secondsValue parameter, you must also specify the
minutesValue.

• msValue : A number between 0 and 999, representing the milliseconds. If you

specify the msValue parameter, you must also specify the minutesValue and
secondsValue.

If you do not specify the secondsValue and msValue parameters, the values
returned from getSeconds and getMilliseconds methods are used.

Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript setMinutes Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "Aug 28, 2008 23:30:00" );
dt.setMinutes( 45 );
document.write( dt );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Thu Aug 28 2008 23:45:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

setMonth ()
Javascript date setMonth() method sets the month for a specified date
according to local time.

Syntax
The following syntax for setMonth () Method.

Date.setMonth(monthValue[, dayValue])

Note: Parameters in the bracket are always optional.

Parameter Detail
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• monthValue : An integer between 0 and 11 (representing the months

January through December).

• dayValue : An integer from 1 to 31, representing the day of the month.

• msValue : A number between 0 and 999, representing the milliseconds.

If you specify the msValue parameter, you must also specify the
minutesValue and secondsValue.

If you do not specify the dayValue parameter, the value returned from the getDate
method is used. If a parameter you specify is outside of the expected range,
setMonth attempts to update the date information in the Date object accordingly.
For example, if you use 15 for monthValue, the year will beincremented by 1 (year
+ 1), and 3 will be used for month.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript setMonth Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "Aug 28, 2008 23:30:00" );
dt.setMonth( 2 );
document.write( dt );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Fri Mar 28 2008 23:30:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

setSeconds ()
Javascript date setSeconds() method sets the seconds for a specified date
according to local time.

Syntax
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Its syntax is as follows:

Date.setSeconds(secondsValue[, msValue])

Note: Parameters in the bracket are always optional.

Parameter Detail
• secondsValue : An integer between 0 and 59.

• msValue : A number between 0 and 999, representing the milliseconds.

If you do not specify the msValue parameter, the value returned from the
getMilliseconds method is used. If a parameter you specify is outside of the
expected range, setSeconds attempts to update the date information in the Date
object accordingly. For example, if you use 100 for secondsValue, the minutes
stored in the Date object will be incremented by 1, and 40 will be used for seconds.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript setSeconds Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "Aug 28, 2008 23:30:00" );
dt.setSeconds( 80 );
document.write( dt );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Thu Aug 28 2008 23:31:20 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

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setTime ()
Javascript date setTime() method sets the Date object to the time represented
by a number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.setTime(timeValue)

Note: Parameters in the bracket are always optional.

Parameter Detail

timeValue :An integer representing the number of milliseconds since 1 January

1970, 00:00:00 UTC.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript setTime Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "Aug 28, 2008 23:30:00" );
dt.setTime( 5000000 );
document.write( dt );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Thu Jan 01 1970 06:53:20 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

setUTCDate ()
Javascript date setUTCDate() method sets the day of the month for a specified
date according to universal time.
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Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.setUTCDate(dayValue)

Note: Parameters in the bracket are always optional.

Parameter Detail
dayValue : An integer from 1 to 31, representing the day of the month.

If a parameter you specify is outside the expected range, setUTCDate attempts

to update the date information in the Date object accordingly.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript setUTCDate Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "Aug 28, 2008 23:30:00" );
dt.setUTCDate( 20 );
document.write( dt );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Wed Aug 20 2008 23:30:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

setUTCFullYear ()
Javascript date setUTCFullYear() method sets the full year for a specified date
according to universal time.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:
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Date.setUTCFullYear(yearValue[, monthValue[, dayValue]])

Note: Parameters in the bracket are always optional.

Parameter Detail
• yearValue : An integer specifying the numeric value of the year, for
example, 2008.

• monthValue : An integer between 0 and 11 representing the months

January through December.

• dayValue : An integer between 1 and 31 representing the day of the

month. If you specify the dayValue parameter, you must also specify the
monthValue.

If you do not specify the monthValue and dayValue parameters, the values
returned from the getMonth and getDate methods are used. If a parameter you
specify is outside of the expected range, setUTCFullYear attempts to update the
other parameters and the date information in the Date object accordingly. For
example, if you specify 15 for monthValue, the year is incremented by 1 (year +
1), and 3 is used for the month.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript setUTCFullYear Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "Aug 28, 2008 23:30:00" );
dt.setUTCFullYear( 2006 );
document.write( dt );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Mon Aug 28 2006 23:30:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

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setUTCHours ()
Javascript date setUTCHours() method sets the hour for a specified date
according to universal time.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.setUTCHours(hoursValue[, minutesValue[, secondsValue[, msValue]]])

Note: Parameters in the bracket are always optional.

Parameter Detail
• hoursValue : An integer between 0 and 23, representing the hour.

• minutesValue : An integer between 0 and 59, representing the minutes.

• secondsValue : An integer between 0 and 59, representing the seconds.

If you specify the secondsValue parameter, you must also specify the
minutesValue.

• msValue : A number between 0 and 999, representing the milliseconds.

If you specify the msValue parameter, you must also specify the
minutesValue and secondsValue.

If you do not specify the minutesValue, secondsValue, and msValue parameters,

the values returned from the getUTCMinutes, getUTCSeconds, and
getUTCMilliseconds methods are used.

If a parameter you specify is outside the expected range, setUTCHours attempts

to update the date information in the Date object accordingly. For example, if you
use 100 for secondsValue, the minutes will be incremented by 1 (min + 1), and
40 will be used for seconds.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript setUTCHours Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "Aug 28, 2008 23:30:00" );
dt.setUTCHours( 15 );
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document.write( dt );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Thu Aug 28 2008 20:30:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

setUTCMilliseconds ()
Javascript date setUTCMilliseconds() method sets the milliseconds for a
specified date according to universal time.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.setUTCMilliseconds(millisecondsValue)

Note: Parameters in the bracket are always optional.

Parameter Detail
millisecondsValue : A number between 0 and 999, representing themilliseconds.

If a parameter you specify is outside the expected range, setUTCMilliseconds

attempts to update the date information in the Date object accordingly. For
example, if you use 1100 for millisecondsValue, the seconds stored in the Date
object will be incremented by 1, and 100 will be used for milliseconds.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript setUTCMilliseconds Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "Aug 28, 2008 23:30:00" );
dt.setUTCMilliseconds( 1100 );
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document.write( dt );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Thu Aug 28 2008 23:30:01 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

setUTCMinutes ()
Javascript date setUTCMinutes() method sets the minutes for a specified date
according to universal time.

Syntax

Its syntax is as follows:

Date.setUTCMinutes(minutesValue[, secondsValue[, msValue]])

Note: Parameters in the bracket are always optional.

Parameter Detail
• minutesValue : An integer between 0 and 59, representing the minutes.

• secondsValue : An integer between 0 and 59, representing the seconds.

If you specify the secondsValue parameter, you must also specify the
minutesValue.

• msValue : A number between 0 and 999, representing the milliseconds.

If you specify the msValue parameter, you must also specify the
minutesValue and secondsValue.

If you do not specify the secondsValue and msValue parameters, the values
returned from getUTCSeconds and getUTCMilliseconds methods are used.

If a parameter you specify is outside of the expected range, setUTCMinutes

attempts to update the date information in the Date object accordingly. For
example, if you use 100 for secondsValue, the minutes (minutesValue) will be
incremented by 1 (minutesValue + 1), and 40 will be used for seconds.

Example
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Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript setUTCMinutes Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "Aug 28, 2008 13:30:00" );
dt.setUTCMinutes( 65 );
document.write( dt );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Thu Aug 28 2008 14:35:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

setUTC Month ()
Javascript date setUTCMonth ( ) method sets the month for a specified date
according to universal time.

Syntax
The following syntax for setUTCMonth ( ) Method.

Date.setUTCMonth ( monthvalue )

Note: Parameters in the bracket are always optional.

Parameter Detail
monthValue : An integer between 0 and 11, representing the month.

Example
Try the following example.
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<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript getUTCSeconds Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "Aug 28, 2008 13:30:00" );
dt.setUTCMonth( 2 );
document.write( dt );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Fri Mar 28 2008 13:30:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

setUTCSeconds ()
Javascript date setUTCSeconds() method sets the seconds for a specified date
according to universal time.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.setUTCSeconds(secondsValue[, msValue])

Note: Parameters in the bracket are always optional.

Parameter Detail
• secondsValue : An integer between 0 and 59, representing the seconds.

• msValue : A number between 0 and 999, representing the milliseconds.

If you do not specify the msValue parameter, the value returned from the
getUTCMilliseconds methods is used.

If a parameter you specify is outside the expected range, setUTCSeconds attempts

to update the date information in the Date object accordingly. For example, if you
use 100 for secondsValue, the minutes stored in the Date object will be
incremented by 1, and 40 will be used for seconds.
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Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript setUTCSeconds Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date( "Aug 28, 2008 13:30:00" );
dt.setUTCSeconds( 65 );
document.write( dt );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Thu Aug 28 2008 13:31:05 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

setYear ()
Javascript date setYear() method sets the year for a specified date according to
universal time.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.setYear(yearValue)

Note: Parameters in the bracket are always optional.

Parameter Detail
yearValue: An integer value.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
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toLocaleDateString ()
Javascript date toLocaleDateString() method converts a date to a string,
returning the "date" portion using the operating system's locale's conventions.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.toLocaleString()

Return Value
Returns the "date" portion using the operating system's locale's conventions.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript toLocaleDateString Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date(1993, 6, 28, 14, 39, 7);
document.write( "Formated Date : " + dt.toLocaleDateString() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Formated Date : 7/28/1993

toLocaleFormat ()
Javascript date toLocaleFormat() method converts a date to a string using the
specified formatting.

Note: This method may not compatible with all the browsers.
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Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.toLocaleFormat()

Parameter Details
formatString: A format string in the same format expected by the strftime()
function in C.

Return Value
Returns the formatted date.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript toLocaleFormat Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date(1993, 6, 28, 14, 39, 7);
document.write( "Formated Date : " + dt.toLocaleFormat( "%A, %B %e, %Y" ));
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Formated Date : Wed Jul 28 1993 14:39:07 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

toLocaleString ()
Javascript date toLocaleString() method converts a date to a string, using the
operating system's local conventions.

The toLocaleString method relies on the underlying operating system in formatting

dates. It converts the date to a string using the formatting convention of the
operating system where the script is running. For example, in the United States,
the month appears before the date (04/15/98), whereas in Germany the date
appears before the month (15.04.98).
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Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.toLocaleString ()

Return Value
Returns the formatted date in a string fromat.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript toLocaleString Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date(1993, 6, 28, 14, 39, 7);
document.write( "Formated Date : " + dt.toLocaleString() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Formated Date : 7/28/1993, 2:39:07 PM

toLocaleTimeSring ()
Javascript date toLocaleTimeString() method converts a date to a string,
returning the "date" portion using the current locale's conventions.

The toLocaleTimeString method relies on the underlying operating system in

formatting dates. It converts the date to a string using the formatting convention
of the operating system where the script is running. For example, in the United
States, the month appears before the date (04/15/98), whereas in Germany, the
date appears before the month (15.04.98).

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:
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Date.toLocaleTimeString ()

Return Value
Returns the formatted date in a string fromat.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript toLocaleTimeString Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date(1993, 6, 28, 14, 39, 7);
document.write( "Formated Date : " + dt.toLocaleTimeString() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Formated Date : 2:39:07 PM

toSource ()
This method returns a string representing the source code of the object.

Note: This method may not be compatible with all the browsers.

Syntax
The following syntax for toSource () Method.

Date.toSource ()

Return Value
• For the built-in Date object, toSource returns a string (new
Date(...))indicating that the source code is not available
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• For instances of Date, toSource returns a string representing the source

code.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript toSource Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dt = new Date(1993, 6, 28, 14, 39, 7);
document.write( "Formated Date : " + dt.toSource() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Formated Date : (new Date(743850547000))

toString ()
This method returns a string representing the specified Date object.

Syntax
The following syntax for toString () Method.

Date.toString ()

Return Value
Returns a string representing the specified Date object.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
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<head>
<title>JavaScript toString Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dateobject = new Date(1993, 6, 28, 14, 39, 7);
stringobj = dateobject.toString();
document.write( "String Object : " + stringobj );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

String Object : Wed Jul 28 1993 14:39:07 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

toTimeString ()
This method returns the time portion of a Date object in human readable form.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.toTimeString ()

Return Value
Returns the time portion of a Date object in human readable form.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript toTimeString Method</title>
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</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dateobject = new Date(1993, 6, 28, 14, 39, 7);
document.write( dateobject.toTimeString() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

14:39:07 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

toUTCString ()
This method converts a date to a string, using the universal time convention.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.toTimeString ()

Return Value
Returns converted date to a string, using the universal time convention.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript toUTCString Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dateobject = new Date(1993, 6, 28, 14, 39, 7);
document.write( dateobject.toUTCString() );
</script>
</body>
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</html>

Output

Wed, 28 Jul 1993 09:09:07 GMT

valeOf ()
This method returns the primitive value of a Date object as a number data type,
the number of milliseconds since midnight 01 January, 1970 UTC.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.valueOf ()

Return Value
Returns the primitive value of a Date object.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript valueOf Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dateobject = new Date(1993, 6, 28, 14, 39, 7);
document.write( dateobject.valueOf() );
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Output

743850547000

Date Static Methods

In addition to the many instance methods listed previously, the Date object also
defines two static methods. These methods are invoked through the Date()
constructor itself.

Method Description

Date.parse( ) Parses a string representation of a date and time and

returns the internal millisecond representation of that
date.

Date.UTC( ) Returns the millisecond representation of the specified

UTC date and time.

In the following sections, we will have a few examples to demonstrate the

usages of Date Static methods.

Date.parse ( )
Javascript date parse() method takes a date string and returns the number of
milliseconds since midnight of January 1, 1970.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.parse(datestring)

Note: Parameters in the bracket are always optional.

Parameter Details
datestring: A string representing a date.

Return Value
Number of milliseconds since midnight of January 1, 1970.

Example
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Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript parse Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var msecs = Date.parse( "Aug 28, 2008 23:30:00" );
document.write( "Number of milliseconds from 1970: " + msecs );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Number of milliseconds from 1970: 1219946400000

Date.UTC ( )
This method takes a date and returns the number of milliseconds since midnight
of January 1, 1970 according to universal time.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Date.year,month,day,[hours,[minutes,[seconds,[ms]]])

Note: Parameters in the bracket are always optional.

Parameter Details
• year : A four digit number representing the year.

• month : An integer between 0 and 11 representing the month.

• day : An integer between 1 and 31 representing the date.

• hours : An integer between 0 and 23 representing the hour.

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• minutes : An integer between 0 and 59 representing the minutes.

• seconds : An integer between 0 and 59 representing the seconds.

• ms : An integer between 0 and 999 representing the milliseconds.

Return Value
Number of milliseconds since midnight of January 1, 1970.

Example
Try the following example.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript UTC Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var msecs = Date.UTC(2008,9,6);
document.write( "Number of milliseconds from 1970: " + msecs );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Number of milliseconds from 1970: 1223251200000

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26. MATH

The math object provides you properties and methods for mathematical constants
and functions. Unlike other global objects, Math is not a constructor. All the
properties and methods of Math are static and can be called by using Math
as an object without creating it.

Thus, you refer to the constant pi as Math.PI and you call the sine function
as Math.sin(x), where x is the method's argument.

Syntax
The syntax to call the properties and methods of Math are as follows:

var pi_val = Math.PI;

var sine_val = Math.sin(30);

Math Properties
Here is a list of all the properties of Math and their description.

Property Description

E Euler's constant and the base of natural logarithms,

approximately 2.718.

LN2 Natural logarithm of 2, approximately 0.693.

LN10 Natural logarithm of 10, approximately 2.302.

LOG2E Base 2 logarithm of E, approximately 1.442.

LOG10E Base 10 logarithm of E, approximately 0.434.

PI Ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter,

approximately 3.14159.

SQRT1_2 Square root of 1/2; equivalently, 1 over the square root of

2, approximately 0.707.

SQRT2 Square root of 2, approximately 1.414.

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In the following sections, we will have a few examples to demonstrate the usage
of Math properties.

Math-E
This is an Euler's constant and the base of natural logarithms, approximately
2.718.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.E

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math E Property</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var property_value = Math.E
document.write("Property Value is :" + property_value);
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Property Value is :2.718281828459045

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Math-LN2
It returns the natural logarithm of 2 which is approximately 0.693.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.LN2

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math LN2 Property</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var property_value = Math.LN2
document.write("Property Value is : " + property_value);
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Property Value is : 0.6931471805599453

Math-LN10
It returns the natural logarithm of 10 which is approximately 2.302.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.LN10
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Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math LN10 Property</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var property_value = Math.LN10
document.write("Property Value is : " + property_value);
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Property Value is : 2.302585092994046

Math-LOG2E
It returns the base 2 logarithm of E which is approximately 1.442.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math-SQRT2
It returns the square root of 2 which is approximately 1.414.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.SQRT2

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
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<head>
<title>JavaScript Math SQRT2 Property</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var property_value = Math.SQRT2
document.write("Property Value is : " + property_value);
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Property Value is : 1.4142135623730951

Math Methods
Here is a list of the methods associated with Math object and their description.

Method Description

abs() Returns the absolute value of a number.

acos() Returns the arccosine (in radians) of a number.

asin() Returns the arcsine (in radians) of a number.

atan() Returns the arctangent (in radians) of a number.

atan2() Returns the arctangent of the quotient of its arguments.

ceil() Returns the smallest integer greater than or equal to a

number.

cos() Returns the cosine of a number.

exp() Returns EN, where N is the argument, and E is Euler's

constant, the base of the natural logarithm.

floor() Returns the largest integer less than or equal to a

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number.

log() Returns the natural logarithm (base E) of a number.

max() Returns the largest of zero or more numbers.

min() Returns the smallest of zero or more numbers.

pow() Returns base to the exponent power, that is, base

exponent.

random() Returns a pseudo-random number between 0 and 1.

round() Returns the value of a number rounded to the nearest

integer.

sin() Returns the sine of a number.

sqrt() Returns the square root of a number.

tan() Returns the tangent of a number.

toSource() Returns the string "Math".

In the following sections, we will have a few examples to demonstrate the usage
of the methods associated with Math.

abs ()
This method returns the absolute value of a number.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.abs( x ) ;

Parameter Details
x: A number.

Return Value
Returns the absolute value of a number.

Example
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Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math abs() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var value = Math.abs(-1);

document.write("First Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.abs(null);

document.write("<br />Second Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.abs(20);

document.write("<br />Third Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.abs("string");

document.write("<br />Fourth Test Value : " + value );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

First Test Value : 1

Second Test Value : 0
Third Test Value : 20
Fourth Test Value : NaN

acos ()
This method returns the arccosine in radians of a number. The acos method
returns a numeric value between 0 and pi radians for x between -1 and 1. If the
value of number is outside this range, it returns NaN.

Syntax
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Its syntax is as follows:

Math.cos( x ) ;

Parameter Details
x: A number.

Return Value
Returns the arccosine in radians of a number.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math acos() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var value = Math.acos(-1);

document.write("First Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.acos(null);

document.write("<br />Second Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.acos(30);

document.write("<br />Third Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.acos("string");

document.write("<br />Fourth Test Value : " + value );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output
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First Test Value : 3.141592653589793

Second Test Value : 1.5707963267948966
Third Test Value : NaN
Fourth Test Value : NaN

asin ( )
This method returns the arcsine in radians of a number. The asin method returns
a numeric value between -pi/2 and pi/2 radians for x between -1 and 1. If the
value of number is outside this range, it returns NaN.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.asin( x ) ;

Parameter Details
x: A number.

Return Value
Returns the arcsine in radians of a number.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math asin() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var value = Math.asin(-1);

document.write("First Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.asin(null);

document.write("<br />Second Test Value : " + value );
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var value = Math.asin(30);

document.write("<br />Third Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.asin("string");

document.write("<br />Fourth Test Value : " + value );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

First Test Value : -1.5707963267948966

Second Test Value : 0
Third Test Value : NaN
Fourth Test Value : NaN

atan ( )
This method returns the arctangent in radians of a number. The atan method
returns a numeric value between -pi/2 and pi/2 radians.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.atan( x ) ;

Parameter Details
x: A number.

Return Value
Returns the arctangent in radians of a number.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
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<title>JavaScript Math atan() Method</title>

</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var value = Math.atan(-1);

document.write("First Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.atan(.5);

document.write("<br />Second Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.atan(30);

document.write("<br />Third Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.atan("string");

document.write("<br />Fourth Test Value : " + value );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

First Test Value : -0.7853981633974483

Second Test Value : 0.4636476090008061
Third Test Value : 1.5374753309166493
Fourth Test Value : NaN

atan2 ( )
This method returns the arctangent of the quotient of its arguments. The atan2
method returns a numeric value between -pi and pi representing the angle theta
of an (x, y) point.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.atan2 ( x, y ) ;
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Parameter Details
X and y: numbers.

Return Value
Returns the arctangent in radians of a number.

Math.atan2 ( ±0, -0 ) returns ±PI.

Math.atan2 ( ±0, +0 ) returns ±0.
Math.atan2 ( ±0, -x ) returns ±PI for x < 0.
Math.atan2 ( ±0, x ) returns ±0 for x > 0.
Math.atan2 ( y, ±0 ) returns -PI/2 for y > 0.
Math.atan2 ( ±y, -Infinity ) returns ±PI for finite y > 0.
Math.atan2 ( ±y, +Infinity ) returns ±0 for finite y > 0.
Math.atan2 ( ±Infinity, +x ) returns ±PI/2 for finite x.
Math.atan2 ( ±Infinity, -Infinity ) returns ±3*PI/4.
Math.atan2 ( ±Infinity, +Infinity ) returns ±PI/4.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math atan2() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var value = Math.atan2(90,15);
document.write("First Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.atan2(15,90);

document.write("<br />Second Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.atan2(0, -0);

document.write("<br />Third Test Value : " + value );
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var value = Math.atan2(+Infinity, -Infinity);

document.write("<br />Fourth Test Value : " + value );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

First Test Value : 1.4056476493802699

Second Test Value : 0.16514867741462683
Third Test Value : 3.141592653589793
Fourth Test Value : 2.356194490192345

ceil ( )
This method returns the smallest integer greater than or equal to a number.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.ceil ( x ) ;

Parameter Details
x: a number.

Return Value
Returns the smallest integer greater than or equal to a number.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math ceil() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
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var value = Math.ceil(45.95);

document.write("First Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.ceil(45.20);

document.write("<br />Second Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.ceil(-45.95);

document.write("<br />Third Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.ceil(-45.20);

document.write("<br />Fourth Test Value : " + value );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

First Test Value : 46

Second Test Value : 46
Third Test Value : -45
Fourth Test Value : -45

cos ( )
This method returns the cosine of a number. The cos method returns a numeric
value between -1 and 1, which represents the cosine of the angle.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.cos ( x ) ;

Parameter Details
x: a number.

Return Value
Returns the cosine of a number.
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Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math cos() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var value = Math.cos(90);

document.write("First Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.cos(30);

document.write("<br />Second Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.cos(-1);

document.write("<br />Third Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.cos(2*Math.PI);

document.write("<br />Fourth Test Value : " + value );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

First Test Value : -0.4480736161291702

Second Test Value : 0.15425144988758405
Third Test Value : 0.5403023058681398
Fourth Test Value : 1

exp ( )
This method returns Ex, where x is the argument, and E is the Euler's constant,
the base of the natural logarithms.
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Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.exp ( x ) ;

Parameter Details
x: a number.

Return Value
Returns the exponential value of the variable x.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math exp() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var value = Math.exp(1);

document.write("First Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.exp(30);

document.write("<br />Second Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.exp(-1);

document.write("<br />Third Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.exp(.5);

document.write("<br />Fourth Test Value : " + value );
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Output

First Test Value : 2.718281828459045

Second Test Value : 10686474581524.482
Third Test Value : 0.3678794411714424
Fourth Test Value : 1.6487212707001282

floor ( )
This method returns the largest integer less than or equal to a number.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.floor ( x ) ;

Parameter Details
x: a number.

Return Value
Returns the largest integer less than or equal to a number x.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math floor() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var value = Math.floor(10.3);

document.write("First Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.floor(30.9);

document.write("<br />Second Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.floor(-2.9);

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document.write("<br />Third Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.floor(-2.2);

document.write("<br />Fourth Test Value : " + value );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

First Test Value : 10

Second Test Value : 30
Third Test Value : -3
Fourth Test Value : -3

log ( )
This method returns the natural logarithm (base E) of a number. If the value of
number is negative, the return value is always NaN.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.log ( x ) ;

Parameter Details
x: a number.

Return Value
Returns the natural logarithm (base E) of a number.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math log() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
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var value = Math.log(10);

document.write("First Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.log(0);

document.write("<br />Second Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.log(-1);

document.write("<br />Third Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.log(100);

document.write("<br />Fourth Test Value : " + value );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

First Test Value : 2.302585092994046

Second Test Value : -Infinity
Third Test Value : NaN
Fourth Test Value : 4.605170185988092

max ( )
This method returns the largest of zero or more numbers. If no arguments are
given, the results is –Infinity.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.max(value1, value2, ... valueN ) ;

Parameter Details
value1, value2, ... valueN : Numbers.

Return Value
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Returns the largest of zero or more numbers.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math max() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var value = Math.max(10, 20, -1, 100);

document.write("First Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.max(-1, -3, -40);

document.write("<br />Second Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.max(0, -1);

document.write("<br />Third Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.max(100);

document.write("<br />Fourth Test Value : " + value );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

First Test Value : 100

Second Test Value : -1
Third Test Value : 0
Fourth Test Value : 100
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min ( )
This method returns the smallest of zero or more numbers. If no arguments are
given, the results is +Infinity.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.min (value1, value2, ... valueN ) ;

Parameter Details
value1, value2, ... valueN : Numbers.

Return Value
Returns the smallest of zero or more numbers.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math min() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var value = Math.min(10, 20, -1, 100);

document.write("First Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.min(-1, -3, -40);

document.write("<br />Second Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.min(0, -1);

document.write("<br />Third Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.min(100);

document.write("<br />Fourth Test Value : " + value );
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</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

First Test Value : -1

Second Test Value : -40
Third Test Value : -1
Fourth Test Value : 100

pow ( )
This method returns the base to the exponent power, that is, baseexponent.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.pow(base, exponent );

Parameter Details
• base : The base number.

• exponents : The exponent to which to raise the base.

Return Value
Returns the base to the exponent power, that is, baseexponent.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math pow() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
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var value = Math.pow(7, 2);

document.write("First Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.pow(8, 8);

document.write("<br />Second Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.pow(-1, 2);

document.write("<br />Third Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.pow(0, 10);

document.write("<br />Fourth Test Value : " + value );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

First Test Value : 49

Second Test Value : 16777216
Third Test Value : 1
Fourth Test Value : 0

random ( )
This method returns a random number between 0 (inclusive) and 1 (exclusive).

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.random ( );

Return Value
Returns a random number between 0 (inclusive) and 1 (exclusive).

Example

Try the following example program.

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<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math random() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var value = Math.random( );

document.write("First Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.random( );

document.write("<br />Second Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.random( );

document.write("<br />Third Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.random( );

document.write("<br />Fourth Test Value : " + value );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

First Test Value : 0.4093269258737564

Second Test Value : 0.023646741174161434
Third Test Value : 0.2672571325674653
Fourth Test Value : 0.38755513448268175

round ( )
This method returns the value of a number rounded to the nearest integer.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.round ( );
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Return Value
Returns the value of a number rounded to the nearest integer.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math round() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var value = Math.round( 0.5 );

document.write("First Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.round( 20.7 );

document.write("<br />Second Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.round( 20.3 );

document.write("<br />Third Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.round( -20.3 );

document.write("<br />Fourth Test Value : " + value );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

First Test Value : 1

Second Test Value : 21
Third Test Value : 20
Fourth Test Value : -20
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sin ( )
This method returns the sine of a number. The sin method returns a numeric
value between -1 and 1, which represents the sine of the argument.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.sin ( x );

Parameter Details
x: A number.

Return Value
Returns the sine of a number.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math sin() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var value = Math.sin( 0.5 );

document.write("First Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.sin( 90 );

document.write("<br />Second Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.sin( 1 );

document.write("<br />Third Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.sin( Math.PI/2 );

document.write("<br />Fourth Test Value : " + value );
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</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

First Test Value : 0.479425538604203

Second Test Value : 0.8939966636005579
Third Test Value : 0.8414709848078965
Fourth Test Value : 1

sqrt ( )
This method returns the square root of a number. If the value of a number is
negative, sqrt returns NaN.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.sqrt ( x );

Parameter Details
x: A number.

Return Value
Returns the square root of a given number.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math sqrt() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
Javascript

var value = Math.sqrt( 0.5 );

document.write("First Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.sqrt( 81 );

document.write("<br />Second Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.sqrt( 13 );

document.write("<br />Third Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.sqrt( -4 );

document.write("<br />Fourth Test Value : " + value );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

First Test Value : 0.7071067811865476

Second Test Value : 9
Third Test Value : 3.605551275463989
Fourth Test Value : NaN

tan ( )
This method returns the tangent of a number. The tan method returns a numeric
value that represents the tangent of the angle.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.tan ( x );

Parameter Details
x: A number representing an angle in radians.

Return Value
Returns the tangent of a number.
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Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math tan() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var value = Math.tan( -30 );

document.write("First Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.tan( 90 );

document.write("<br />Second Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.tan( 45 );

document.write("<br />Third Test Value : " + value );

var value = Math.tan( Math.PI/180 );

document.write("<br />Fourth Test Value : " + value );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

First Test Value : 1

Second Test Value : 21
Third Test Value : 20
Fourth Test Value : -20

toSource ( )
This method returns the string "Math". But this method does not work with IE.
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Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

Math.toSource ( );

Return Value
Returns the string “Math”.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Math toSource() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">

var value = Math.toSource( );

document.write("Value : " + value );

</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Value : Math
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27. REGEXP

A regular expression is an object that describes a pattern of characters.

The JavaScript RegExp class represents regular expressions, and both String and
RegExp define methods that use regular expressions to perform powerful pattern-
matching and search-and-replace functions on text.

Syntax
A regular expression could be defined with the RegExp() constructor, as follows:

var pattern = new RegExp(pattern, attributes);

or simply

var pattern = /pattern/attributes;

Here is the description of the parameters:

• pattern: A string that specifies the pattern of the regular expression or

another regular expression.

• attributes: An optional string containing any of the "g", "i", and "m"
attributes that specify global, case-insensitive, and multiline matches,
respectively.

Brackets
Brackets ([]) have a special meaning when used in the context of regular
expressions. They are used to find a range of characters.

Expression Description

[...] Any one character between the brackets.

[^...] Any one character not between the brackets.

[0-9] It matches any decimal digit from 0 through 9.

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[a-z] It matches any character from lowercase a through

lowercase z.

[A-Z] It matches any character from uppercase A through

uppercase Z.

[a-Z] It matches any character from lowercase a through

uppercase Z.

The ranges shown above are general; you could also use the range [0-3] to match
any decimal digit ranging from 0 through 3, or the range [b-v] to match any
lowercase character ranging from b through v.

Quantifiers
The frequency or position of bracketed character sequences and single characters
can be denoted by a special character. Each special character has a specific
connotation. The +, *, ?, and $ flags all follow a character sequence.

Expression Description

p+ It matches any string containing at least one p.

p* It matches any string containing zero or more p's.

p? It matches any string containing one or more p's.

p{N} It matches any string containing a sequence of N p's

p{2,3} It matches any string containing a sequence of two or three p's.

p{2, } It matches any string containing a sequence of at least two p's.

p$ It matches any string with p at the end of it.

^p It matches any string with p at the beginning of it.

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Examples
Following examples explain more about matching characters.

Expression Description

It matches any string not containing any of the characters

[^a-zA-Z]
ranging from a through z and A through Z.

It matches any string containing p, followed by any

p.p
character, in turn followed by another p.

^.{2}$ It matches any string containing exactly two characters.

<b>(.*)</b> It matches any string enclosed within <b> and </b>.

It matches any string containing a p followed by zero or more

p(hp)*
instances of the sequence hp.

Literal Characters
Character Description

Alphanumeric Itself

\0 The NUL character (\u0000)

\t Tab (\u0009)

\n Newline (\u000A)

\v Vertical tab (\u000B)

\f Form feed (\u000C)

\r Carriage return (\u000D)

\xnn The Latin character specified by the hexadecimal number nn;

for example, \x0A is the same as \n

\uxxxx The Unicode character specified by the hexadecimal number

xxxx; for example, \u0009 is the same as \t

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\cX The control character ^X; for example, \cJ is equivalent to the
newline character \n

Metacharacters
A metacharacter is simply an alphabetical character preceded by a backslash
that acts to give the combination a special meaning.

For instance, you can search for a large sum of money using the '\d'
metacharacter: /([\d]+)000/. Here \d will search for any string of numerical
character.

The following table lists a set of metacharacters which can be used in PERL Style
Regular Expressions.

Character Description

. a single character

\s a whitespace character (space, tab, newline)

\S non-whitespace character

\d a digit (0-9)

\D a non-digit

\w a word character (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _)

\W a non-word character

[\b] a literal backspace (special case).

[aeiou] matches a single character in the given set

[^aeiou] matches a single character outside the given set

(foo|bar|baz) matches any of the alternatives specified

Modifiers
Several modifiers are available that can simplify the way you work with
regexps, like case sensitivity, searching in multiple lines, etc.

Modifier Description

i Performs case-insensitive matching.

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m Specifies that if the string has newline or carriage return characters,

the ^ and $ operators will now match against a newline boundary,
instead of a string boundary

g Performs a global matchthat is, find all matches rather than

stopping after the first match.

RegExp Properties
Here is a list of the properties associated with RegExp and their description.

Property Description

constructor Specifies the function that creates an object's

prototype.

global Specifies if the "g" modifier is set.

ignoreCase Specifies if the "i" modifier is set.

lastIndex The index at which to start the next match.

multiline Specifies if the "m" modifier is set.

source The text of the pattern.

In the following sections, we will have a few examples to demonstrate the usage
of RegExp properties.

constructor
It returns a reference to the array function that created the instance's prototype.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

RegExp.constructor

Return Value
Returns the function that created this object's instance.

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Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript RegExp constructor Property</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var re = new RegExp( "string" );
document.write("re.constructor is:" + re.constructor);
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

re.constructor is:function RegExp() { [native code]

global
global is a read-only boolean property of RegExp objects. It specifies whether a
particular regular expression performs global matching, i.e., whether it was
created with the "g" attribute.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

RegExpObject.global

Return Value
Returns "TRUE" if the "g" modifier is set, "FALSE" otherwise.

Example

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Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript RegExp global Property</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var re = new RegExp( "string" );

if ( re.global ){
document.write("Test1 - Global property is set");
}else{
document.write("Test1 - Global property is not set");
}
re = new RegExp( "string", "g" );

if ( re.global ){
document.write("<br />Test2 - Global property is set");
}else{
document.write("<br />Test2 - Global property is not set");
}
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Test1 - Global property is not set

Test2 - Global property is set

ignoreCase
ignoreCase is a read-only boolean property of RegExp objects. It specifies
whether a particular regular expression performs case-insensitive matching, i.e.,
whether it was created with the "i" attribute.

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Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

RegExpObject.ignoreCase

Return Value
Returns "TRUE" if the "i" modifier is set, "FALSE" otherwise.

Example
Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript RegExp ignoreCase Property</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var re = new RegExp( "string" );

if ( re.ignoreCase ){
document.write("Test1 - ignoreCase property is set");
}else{
document.write("Test1 - ignoreCase property is not set");
}
re = new RegExp( "string", "i" );

if ( re.ignoreCase ){
document.write("<br />Test2 - ignoreCase property is set");
}else{
document.write("<br />Test2 - ignoreCase property is not set");
}
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

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Test1 - ignoreCase property is not set

Test2 - ignoreCase property is set

lastIndex
lastIndex is a read/write property of RegExp objects. For regular expressions
with the "g" attribute set, it contains an integer that specifies the character
position immediately following the last match found by the
RegExp.exec() and RegExp.test() methods. These methods use thisproperty
as the starting point for the next search they conduct.

This property allows you to call those methods repeatedly, to loop through all
matches in a string and works only if the "g" modifier is set.

This property is read/write, so you can set it at any time to specify where in the
target string, the next search should begin. exec() and test() automatically reset
the lastIndex to 0 when they fail to find a match (or another match).

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

RegExpObject.lastIndex

Return Value
Returns an integer that specifies the character position immediately following
the last match.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript RegExp lastIndex Property</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = "Javascript is an interesting scripting language";
var re = new RegExp( "script", "g" );

re.test(str);

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document.write("Test 1 - Current Index: " + re.lastIndex);

re.test(str);
document.write("<br />Test 2 - Current Index: " + re.lastIndex);

</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Test 1 - Current Index: 10

Test 2 - Current Index: 35

multiline
multiline is a read-only boolean property of RegExp objects. It specifies whether
a particular regular expression performs multiline matching, i.e., whether it was
created with the "m" attribute.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

RegExpObject.multiline

Return Value
Returns "TRUE" if the "m" modifier is set, "FALSE" otherwise.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript RegExp multiline Property</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var re = new RegExp( "string" );

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if ( re.multiline ){
document.write("Test1-multiline property is set");
}else{
document.write("Test1-multiline property is not set");
}
re = new RegExp( "string", "m" );
if ( re.multiline ){
document.write("<br/>Test2-multiline property is set");
}else{
document.write("<br/>Test2-multiline property is not set");
}
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Test1-multiline property is not set

Test2-multiline property is set

source
source is a read-only string property of RegExp objects. It contains the text of
the RegExp pattern. This text does not include the delimiting slashes used in
regular-expression literals, and it does not include the "g", "i", and "m" attributes.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

RegExpObject.source

Return Value
Returns the text used for pattern matching.

Example

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Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript RegExp source Property</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = "Javascript is an interesting scripting language";
var re = new RegExp( "script", "g" );

re.test(str);
document.write("The regular expression is : " + re.source);
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

The regular expression is : script

RegExp Methods
Here is a list of the methods associated with RegExp along with their description.

Method Description

exec() Executes a search for a match in its string parameter.

test() Tests for a match in its string parameter.

toSource() Returns an object literal representing the specified

object; you can use this value to create a new object.

toString() Returns a string representing the specified object.

In the following sections, we will have a few examples to demonstrate the usage
of RegExp methods.

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exec ( )
The exec method searches string for text that matches regexp. If it finds a
match, it returns an array of results; otherwise, it returns null.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

RegExpObject.exec( string );

Parameter Details
string: The string to be searched.

Return Value
Returns the matched text if a match is found, and null if not.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript RegExp exec Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = "Javascript is an interesting scripting language";
var re = new RegExp( "script", "g" );

var result = re.exec(str);

document.write("Test 1 - returned value : " + result);

re = new RegExp( "pushing", "g" );

var result = re.exec(str);
document.write("<br />Test 2 - returned value : " + result);
</script>
</body>
</html>

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Output

Test 1 - returned value : script

Test 2 - returned value : null

test ( )
The test method searches string for text that matches regexp. If it finds a
match, it returns true; otherwise, it returns false.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

RegExpObject.test( string );

Parameter Details
string: The string to be searched.

Return Value
Returns the matched text if a match is found, and null if not.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript RegExp test Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = "Javascript is an interesting scripting language";
var re = new RegExp( "script", "g" );

var result = re.test(str);

document.write("Test 1 - returned value : " + result);

re = new RegExp( "pushing", "g" );

var result = re.test(str);

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document.write("<br />Test 2 - returned value : " + result);

</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Test 1 - returned value : true

Test 2 - returned value : false

toSource ( )
The toSource method string represents the source code of the object. This
method does not work with all the browsers.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

RegExpObject.toSource ( string );

Return Value
Returns the string representing the source code of the object.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript RegExp toSource Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = "Javascript is an interesting scripting language";
var re = new RegExp( "script", "g" );

var result = re.toSource(str);

document.write("Test 1 - returned value : " + result);

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re = new RegExp( "/", "g" );

var result = re.toSource(str);
document.write("<br />Test 2 - returned value : " + result);
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Test 1 - returned value : /script/g

Test 2 - returned value : /\//g

toString ( )
The toString method returns a string representation of a regular expression in
the form of a regular-expression literal.

Syntax
Its syntax is as follows:

RegExpObject.toString ( );

Return Value
Returns the string representing of a regular expression.

Example

Try the following example program.

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript RegExp toString Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var str = "Javascript is an interesting scripting language";
var re = new RegExp( "script", "g" );