Javascript Functions On the String Object

The String object let's you work with text.

Syntax for creating a String object :  var myStr=new String(string);

String Object Properties

Constructor A reference to the function that created the object

Length Returns the number of characters in a string

Prototype Allows you to add properties and methods to the object

String Object Methods

anchor() :   Creates an HTML anchor

big() :   Displays a string in a big font

blink() :   Displays a blinking string

bold() :   Displays a string in bold

charAt() :   Returns the character at a specified position

charCodeAt() :   Returns the Unicode of the character at a specified position

concat() :   Joins two or more strings

fixed() :   Displays a string as teletype text

fontcolor() :   Displays a string in a specified color

fontsize() :   Displays a string in a specified size

fromCharCode() :   Takes the specified Unicode values and returns a string

indexOf() :   Returns the position of the first occurrence of a specified string value in a string

italics() :   Displays a string in italic

lastIndexOf() :   Returns the position of the last occurrence of a string value, searching backwards

link() :   Displays a string as a hyperlink

match() :   Searches for a specified value in a string

replace() :   Replaces some characters with some other characters in a string

search() :   Searches a string for a specified value

slice() :   Extracts a part of a string and returns the extracted part in a new string

small() :   Displays a string in a small font

split() :   Splits a string into an array of strings

strike() :   Displays a string with a strikethrough

sub() :   Displays a string as subscript

substr() :   Extracts a specified number of characters in a string, from a start index

substring() :   Extracts the characters in a string between two specified indices

sup() :   Displays a string as superscript

toLowerCase() :   Displays a string in lowercase letters

toUpperCase() :   Displays a string in uppercase letters

toSource() :   Represents the source code of an object

valueOf() :   Returns the primitive value of a String object