October 1999
Intermediate to advanced
480 pages
14h 47m
English
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Top-Level Properties and Functions
Top-level properties and functions are not associated with any object. Table 1.68 details the top-level properties. Table 1.69 details the top-level functions.
Table A-68. Top-Level Properties
|
Property |
Description |
Version |
|---|---|---|
|
|
A numeric value representing infinity. |
1.3 |
|
|
A value representing Not-A-Number. |
1.3 |
|
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The value undefined. |
1.3 |
Table A-69. Top-Level Functions
|
Function |
Description |
Version |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Returns the hexadecimal encoding of an argument in the ISO Latin-1 character set; used to create strings to add to a URL. |
1.0 |
|
|
Evaluates a string of JavaScript code without reference to a particular object. |
1.0 |
|
|
Evaluates an argument to determine whether it is not a number. |
1.3 |
|
|
Returns a string representing the specified object. Overrides the
|
1.0 |
|
|
Converts an object to a number. |
1.2 |
|
|
floating-point number. |
1.0 |
|
|
integer. |
1.0 |
|
|
Converts an object to a string. |
1.2 |
|
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Returns the ASCII string for the specified hexadecimal encoding value. |
1.0 |
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