Basic javascript string methods and properties you should know
Oreste Abizera
Posted on December 24, 2020
Strings are one of the essential features found in programming. Simply they are pieces of text. I am sure that you will come across it in every programming language you might be using(if you didn't). In this article, let's look at basic javascript string methods you should know.
Let's get started:
1. String length
length
property is one of the properties you will probably use in strings. It returns the length of the string.
2. Convert to Lowercase
toLowerCase
method returns the lowercase version of the string.
3. Convert to Uppercase
toUpperCase
method returns the uppercase version of the string.
4. startsWith method
startsWith
method returns whether the string starts with the provided string.
5. endsWith method
endsWith
method returns whether the string ends with the provided string.
6. includes method
includes
method checks whether a string contains the specified string/characters.
7. charAt method
charAt
method Returns the character at the specified index (position).
8. concat method
concat
method joins two or more strings and returns a new joined strings.
9. repeat method
repeat
method Returns a new string with a specified number of copies of an existing string.
10. slice method
slice
method extracts a part of a string and returns a new string.
11. replace method
replace
method searches a string for a specified value, or a regular expression, and returns a new string where the specified values are replaced.
12. split method
The split
method is used to split a string into an array of substrings and return the new array. If an empty string is used as the separator, the string is split between each character.
13. trim method
trim
method removes whitespaces from both ends of the string. It does not change the original string.
14. substr method
substr
method gets a substring beginning at the specified location and having the specified length.
15. substring method
substring
method extracts the characters from a string, between two specified indices, and returns the new substring. It does not include the end index.
These are some basic string methods you should know. I promise you will need them sometime.
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Posted on December 24, 2020
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