Name
String — support for strings
Availability
Core JavaScript 1.0; enhanced in Navigator 3
Constructor
new String(value
) // JavaScript 1.1
Properties
- length
The length of a string. JavaScript 1.0; ECMA-262.
Methods
- anchor(name)
Add an HTML anchor to a string.
- big()
Make a string
<BIG>
.- blink()
Make a string
<BLINK>
.- bold()
Make a string bold with
<B>
.- charAt(n)
Get the nth character from a string. JavaScript 1.0; ECMA-262.
- charCodeAt(n)
Get the nth character code from a string. JavaScript 1.2; ECMA-262.
- concat(value, . . . )
Concatenate strings. JavaScript 1.2.
- fixed()
Make a string fixed-width with
<TT>
.- fontcolor(color)
Set a string’s color with
<FONT>
.- fontsize(size)
Set a string’s font size with
<FONT>
.- indexOf(substring, start)
Search a string. JavaScript 1.0; ECMA-262.
- italics()
Make a string italic with
<I>
.- lastIndexOf(substring, start)
Search a string backward. JavaScript 1.0; ECMA-262.
- link(href)
Add a hypertext link to a string.
- match(regexp)
Find one or more regular expression matches. JavaScript 1.2.
- replaceregexp (replacement)
Replace substring(s) matching a regular expression. JavaScript 1.2.
- search(regexp)
Search for a regular expression. JavaScript 1.2.
- slice(start, end)
Extract a substring. JavaScript 1.2.
- small()
Make a string
<SMALL>
.- split(delimiter)
Break a string into an array of strings. JavaScript 1.1; ECMA-262.
- strike()
Strike out a string with
<STRIKE>
.- sub()
Make a string a subscript with
<SUB>
.- substring(from, to)
Return a substring of a string. JavaScript 1.0; ECMA-262.
- substr(start, ...
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