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JavaScript String Object Reference

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

FF: Firefox, N: Netscape, IE: Internet Explorer

Property	Description	FF	N	IE
constructor	A reference to the function that created the object	1	4	4
length	Returns the number of characters in a string	1	2	3
prototype	Allows you to add properties and methods to the object	1	2	4

String Object Methods

Method	Description	FF	N	IE
anchor()	Creates an HTML anchor	1	2	3
big()	Displays a string in a big font	1	2	3
blink()	Displays a blinking string	1	2
bold()	Displays a string in bold	1	2	3
charAt()	Returns the character at a specified position	1	2	3
charCodeAt()	Returns the Unicode of the character at a specified position	1	4	4
concat()	Joins two or more strings	1	4	4
fixed()	Displays a string as teletype text	1	2	3
fontcolor()	Displays a string in a specified color	1	2	3
fontsize()	Displays a string in a specified size	1	2	3
fromCharCode()	Takes the specified Unicode values and returns a string	1	4	4
indexOf()	Returns the position of the first occurrence of a specified string value in a string	1	2	3
italics()	Displays a string in italic	1	2	3
lastIndexOf()	Returns the position of the last occurrence of a specified string value, searching backwards from the specified position in a string	1	2	3
link()	Displays a string as a hyperlink	1	2	3
match()	Searches for a specified value in a string	1	4	4
replace()	Replaces some characters with some other characters in a string	1	4	4
search()	Searches a string for a specified value	1	4	4
slice()	Extracts a part of a string and returns the extracted part in a new string	1	4	4
small()	Displays a string in a small font	1	2	3
split()	Splits a string into an array of strings	1	4	4
strike()	Displays a string with a strikethrough	1	2	3
sub()	Displays a string as subscript	1	2	3
substr()	Extracts a specified number of characters in a string, from a start index	1	4	4
substring()	Extracts the characters in a string between two specified indices	1	2	3
sup()	Displays a string as superscript	1	2	3
toLowerCase()	Displays a string in lowercase letters	1	2	3
toUpperCase()	Displays a string in uppercase letters	1	2	3
toSource()	Represents the source code of an object	1	4	-
valueOf()	Returns the primitive value of a String object	1	2	4