Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Scribd
Upload
18 views

Javascript Tutorial

Uploaded by

princeawan092
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
18 views

Javascript Tutorial

Uploaded by

princeawan092
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 30

Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

Javascript Tutorial

Tutorialspoint.com
Javascript is a scripting language produced by Netscape for use within HTML Web
pages.

JavaScript is loosely based on Java and it is built into all the major modern browsers.
This tutorial gives an initial push to start you with Javascript. For more detail kindly
check tutorialspoint.com/javascript

What is JavaScript ?
JavaScript is:

 JavaScript is a lightweight, interpreted programming language


 Designed for creating network-centric applications
 Complementary to and integrated with Java
 Complementary to and integrated with HTML
 Open and cross-platform

JavaScript Syntax:
A JavaScript consists of JavaScript statements that are placed within the <script>... </script>
HTML tags in a web page.

You can place the <script> tag containing your JavaScript anywhere within you web page but it
is preferred way to keep it within the <head> tags.

The <script> tag alert the browser program to begin interpreting all the text between these
tags as a script. So simple syntax of your JavaScript will be as follows

<script ...>
JavaScript code
</script>

The script tag takes two important attributes:

 language: This attribute specifies what scripting language you are using. Typically, its
value will be javascript. Although recent versions of HTML (and XHTML, its successor)
have phased out the use of this attribute.
 type: This attribute is what is now recommended to indicate the scripting language in
use and its value should be set to "text/javascript".

So your JavaScript segment will look like:

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">


JavaScript code
</script>

Your First JavaScript Script:


Let us write our class example to print out "Hello World".

1|Page
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

<html>
<body>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
document.write("Hello World!")
//-->
</script>
</body>
</html>

Above code will display following result:

Hello World!

Whitespace and Line Breaks:


JavaScript ignores spaces, tabs, and newlines that appear in JavaScript programs.

Because you can use spaces, tabs, and newlines freely in your program so you are free to
format and indent your programs in a neat and consistent way that makes the code easy to
read and understand.

Semicolons are Optional:


Simple statements in JavaScript are generally followed by a semicolon character, just as they
are in C, C++, and Java. JavaScript, however, allows you to omit this semicolon if your
statements are each placed on a separate line. For example, the following code could be written
without semicolons

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">


<!--
var1 = 10
var2 = 20
//-->
</script>

But when formatted in a single line as follows, the semicolons are required:

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">


<!--
var1 = 10; var2 = 20;
//-->
</script>

Note: It is a good programming practice to use semicolons.

Case Sensitivity:
JavaScript is a case-sensitive language. This means that language keywords, variables, function
names, and any other identifiers must always be typed with a consistent capitalization of letters.

So identifiers Time, TIme and TIME will have different meanings in JavaScript.

NOTE: Care should be taken while writing your variable and function names in JavaScript.

2|Page
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

Comments in JavaScript:
JavaScript supports both C-style and C++-style comments, Thus:

 Any text between a // and the end of a line is treated as a comment and is ignored by
JavaScript.
 Any text between the characters /* and */ is treated as a comment. This may span
multiple lines.
 JavaScript also recognizes the HTML comment opening sequence <!--. JavaScript treats
this as a single-line comment, just as it does the // comment.
 The HTML comment closing sequence --> is not recognized by JavaScript so it should
be written as //-->.

JavaScript Placement in HTML File:


There is a flexibility given to include JavaScript code anywhere in an HTML document. But there
are following most preferred ways to include JavaScript in your HTML file.

 Script in <head>...</head> section.


 Script in <body>...</body> section.
 Script in <body>...</body> and <head>...</head> sections.
 Script in and external file and then include in <head>...</head> section.

JavaScript DataTypes:
JavaScript allows you to work with three primitive data types:

 Numbers eg. 123, 120.50 etc.


 Strings of text e.g. "This text string" etc.
 Boolean e.g. true or false.

JavaScript also defines two trivial data types, null and undefined, each of which defines only a
single value.

JavaScript Variables:
Like many other programming languages, JavaScript has variables. Variables can be thought of
as named containers. You can place data into these containers and then refer to the data simply
by naming the container.

Before you use a variable in a JavaScript program, you must declare it. Variables are declared
with the var keyword as follows:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var money;
var name;
//-->
</script>

JavaScript Variable Scope:


The scope of a variable is the region of your program in which it is defined. JavaScript variable
will have only two scopes.

3|Page
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning
 Global Variables: A global variable has global scope which means it is defined
everywhere in your JavaScript code.
 Local Variables: A local variable will be visible only within a function where it is
defined. Function parameters are always local to that function.

JavaScript Variable Names:


While naming your variables in JavaScript keep following rules in mind.

 You should not use any of the JavaScript reserved keyword as variable name. These
keywords are mentioned in the next section. For example, break or boolean variable
names are not valid.
 JavaScript variable names should not start with a numeral (0-9). They must begin with
a letter or the underscore character. For example, 123test is an invalid variable name
but _123test is a valid one.
 JavaScript variable names are case sensitive. For example, Name and name are two
different variables.

JavaScript Reserved Words:


The following are reserved words in JavaScript. They cannot be used as JavaScript variables,
functions, methods, loop labels, or any object names.

abstract else instanceof switch


boolean enum int synchronized
break export interface this
byte extends long throw
case false native throws
catch final new transient
char finally null true
class float package try
const for private typeof
continue function protected var
debugger goto public void
default if return volatile
delete implements short while
do import static with
double in super

The Arithmatic Operators:


There are following arithmatic operators supported by JavaScript language:

Assume variable A holds 10 and variable B holds 20 then:

Operator Description Example

+ Adds two operands A + B will give 30

- Subtracts second operand from the first A - B will give -10

* Multiply both operands A * B will give 200

/ Divide numerator by denumerator B / A will give 2

% Modulus Operator and remainder of after an B % A will give 0


integer division

4|Page
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

++ Increment operator, increases integer value by one A++ will give 11

-- Decrement operator, decreases integer value by A-- will give 9


one

The Comparison Operators:


There are following comparison operators supported by JavaScript language

Assume variable A holds 10 and variable B holds 20 then:

Operator Description Example

== Checks if the value of two operands are equal or (A == B) is not true.


not, if yes then condition becomes true.

!= Checks if the value of two operands are equal or (A != B) is true.


not, if values are not equal then condition becomes
true.

> Checks if the value of left operand is greater than (A > B) is not true.
the value of right operand, if yes then condition
becomes true.

< Checks if the value of left operand is less than the (A < B) is true.
value of right operand, if yes then condition
becomes true.

>= Checks if the value of left operand is greater than (A >= B) is not true.
or equal to the value of right operand, if yes then
condition becomes true.

<= Checks if the value of left operand is less than or (A <= B) is true.
equal to the value of right operand, if yes then
condition becomes true.

The Logical Operators:


There are following logical operators supported by JavaScript language

Assume variable A holds 10 and variable B holds 20 then:

Operator Description Example

&& Called Logical AND operator. If both the operands (A && B) is true.
are non zero then then condition becomes true.

|| Called Logical OR Operator. If any of the two (A || B) is true.


operands are non zero then then condition
becomes true.

! Called Logical NOT Operator. Use to reverses the !(A && B) is false.
logical state of its operand. If a condition is true
then Logical NOT operator will make false.

The Bitwise Operators:


There are following bitwise operators supported by JavaScript language

5|Page
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning
Assume variable A holds 2 and variable B holds 3 then:

Operator Description Example

& Called Bitwise AND operator. It performs a Boolean (A & B) is 2 .


AND operation on each bit of its integer
arguments.

| Called Bitwise OR Operator. It performs a Boolean (A | B) is 3.


OR operation on each bit of its integer arguments.

^ Called Bitwise XOR Operator. It performs a (A ^ B) is 1.


Boolean exclusive OR operation on each bit of its
integer arguments. Exclusive OR means that either
operand one is true or operand two is true, but not
both.

~ Called Bitwise NOT Operator. It is a is a unary (~B) is -4 .


operator and operates by reversing all bits in the
operand.

<< Called Bitwise Shift Left Operator. It moves all bits (A << 1) is 4.
in its first operand to the left by the number of
places specified in the second operand. New bits
are filled with zeros. Shifting a value left by one
position is equivalent to multiplying by 2, shifting
two positions is equivalent to multiplying by 4, etc.

>> Called Bitwise Shift Right with Sign Operator. It (A >> 1) is 1.


moves all bits in its first operand to the right by
the number of places specified in the second
operand. The bits filled in on the left depend on the
sign bit of the original operand, in order to
preserve the sign of the result. If the first operand
is positive, the result has zeros placed in the high
bits; if the first operand is negative, the result has
ones placed in the high bits. Shifting a value right
one place is equivalent to dividing by 2 (discarding
the remainder), shifting right two places is
equivalent to integer division by 4, and so on.

>>> Called Bitwise Shift Right with Zero Operator. This (A >>> 1) is 1.
operator is just like the >> operator, except that
the bits shifted in on the left are always zero,

The Assignment Operators:


There are following assignment operators supported by JavaScript language:

Operator Description Example

= Simple assignment operator, Assigns values from C = A + B will assigne value of


right side operands to left side operand A + B into C

+= Add AND assignment operator, It adds right C += A is equivalent to C = C


operand to the left operand and assign the result +A
to left operand

-= Subtract AND assignment operator, It subtracts C -= A is equivalent to C = C -


right operand from the left operand and assign the A
result to left operand

*= Multiply AND assignment operator, It multiplies C *= A is equivalent to C = C *

6|Page
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

right operand with the left operand and assign the A


result to left operand

/= Divide AND assignment operator, It divides left C /= A is equivalent to C = C /


operand with the right operand and assign the A
result to left operand

%= Modulus AND assignment operator, It takes C %= A is equivalent to C = C


modulus using two operands and assign the result %A
to left operand

Miscellaneous Operator
The Conditional Operator (? :)

There is an oprator called conditional operator. This first evaluates an expression for a true or
false value and then execute one of the two given statements depending upon the result of the
evaluation. The conditioanl operator has this syntax:

Operator Description Example

?: Conditional Expression If Condition is true ? Then value X :


Otherwise value Y

The typeof Operator

The typeof is a unary operator that is placed before its single operand, which can be of any
type. Its value is a string indicating the data type of the operand.

The typeof operator evaluates to "number", "string", or "boolean" if its operand is a number,
string, or boolean value and returns true or false based on the evaluation.

if statement:
The if statement is the fundamental control statement that allows JavaScript to make decisions
and execute statements conditionally.

Syntax:
if (expression){
Statement(s) to be executed if expression is true
}

if...else statement:
The if...else statement is the next form of control statement that allows JavaScript to execute
statements in more controlled way.

Syntax:
if (expression){
Statement(s) to be executed if expression is true
}else{
Statement(s) to be executed if expression is false
}

7|Page
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

if...else if... statement:


The if...else if... statement is the one level advance form of control statement that allows
JavaScript to make correct decision out of several conditions.

Syntax:
if (expression 1){
Statement(s) to be executed if expression 1 is true
}else if (expression 2){
Statement(s) to be executed if expression 2 is true
}else if (expression 3){
Statement(s) to be executed if expression 3 is true
}else{
Statement(s) to be executed if no expression is true
}

switch statement:
The basic syntax of the switch statement is to give an expression to evaluate and several
different statements to execute based on the value of the expression. The interpreter checks
each case against the value of the expression until a match is found. If nothing matches, a
default condition will be used.

switch (expression)
{
case condition 1: statement(s)
break;
case condition 2: statement(s)
break;
...
case condition n: statement(s)
break;
default: statement(s)
}

The while Loop


The most basic loop in JavaScript is the while loop which would be discussed in this tutorial.

Syntax:
while (expression){
Statement(s) to be executed if expression is true
}

The do...while Loop:


The do...while loop is similar to the while loop except that the condition check happens at the
end of the loop. This means that the loop will always be executed at least once, even if the
condition is false.

Syntax:

8|Page
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

do{
Statement(s) to be executed;
} while (expression);

The for Loop


The for loop is the most compact form of looping and includes the following three important
parts:

 The loop initialization where we initialize our counter to a starting value. The
initialization statement is executed before the loop begins.
 The test statement which will test if the given condition is true or not. If condition is
true then code given inside the loop will be executed otherwise loop will come out.
 The iteration statement where you can increase or decrease your counter.

You can put all the three parts in a single line separated by a semicolon.

Syntax:
for (initialization; test condition; iteration statement){
Statement(s) to be executed if test condition is true
}

The for...in Loop


for (variablename in object){
statement or block to execute
}

In each iteration one property from object is assigned to variablename and this loop continues
till all the properties of the object are exhausted.

The break Statement:


The break statement, which was briefly introduced with the switch statement, is used to exit a
loop early, breaking out of the enclosing curly braces.

The continue Statement:


The continue statement tells the interpreter to immediately start the next iteration of the loop
and skip remaining code block.

When a continue statement is encountered, program flow will move to the loop check
expression immediately and if condition remain true then it start next iteration otherwise control
comes out of the loop.

Function Definition:
Before we use a function we need to define that function. The most common way to define a
function in JavaScript is by using the function keyword, followed by a unique function name, a
list of parameters (that might be empty), and a statement block surrounded by curly braces.
The basic syntax is shown here:

<script type="text/javascript">

9|Page
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

<!--
function functionname(parameter-list)
{
statements
}
//-->
</script>

Calling a Function:
To invoke a function somewhere later in the script, you would simple need to write the name of
that function as follows:

<script type="text/javascript">

<!--
sayHello();
//-->
</script>

Exceptions
Exceptions can be handled with the common try/catch/finally block structure.

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
try {
statementsToTry
} catch ( e ) {
catchStatements
} finally {
finallyStatements
}
//-->
</script>

The try block must be followed by either exactly one catch block or one finally block (or one of
both). When an exception occurs in the catch block, the exception is placed in e and the catch
block is executed. The finally block executes unconditionally after try/catch.

Alert Dialog Box:


An alert dialog box is mostly used to give a warning message to the users. Like if one input field
requires to enter some text but user does not enter that field then as a part of validation you
can use alert box to give warning message as follows:

<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
alert("Warning Message");
//-->

</script>
</head>

10 | P a g e
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

Confirmation Dialog Box:


A confirmation dialog box is mostly used to take user's consent on any option. It displays a
dialog box with two buttons: OK and Cancel.

You can use confirmation dialog box as follows:

<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var retVal = confirm("Do you want to continue ?");
if( retVal == true ){
alert("User wants to continue!");
return true;
}else{
alert("User does not want to continue!");
return false;
}
//-->
</script>
</head>

Prompt Dialog Box:


You can use prompt dialog box as follows:

<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var retVal = prompt("Enter your name : ", "your name here");
alert("You have entered : " + retVal );
//-->
</script>
</head>

Page Re-direction
This is very simple to do a page redirect using JavaScript at client side. To redirect your site
visitors to a new page, you just need to add a line in your head section as follows:

<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
window.location="http://www.newlocation.com";
//-->
</script>
</head>

The void Keyword:


The void is an important keyword in JavaScript which can be used as a unary operator that
appears before its single operand, which may be of any type.

This operator specifies an expression to be evaluated without returning a value. Its syntax could
be one of the following:

11 | P a g e
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
void func()
javascript:void func()

or:

void(func())
javascript:void(func())
//-->
</script>
</head>

The Page Printing:


JavaScript helps you to implement this functionality using print function of window object.

The JavaScript print function window.print() will print the current web page when executed.
You can call this function directly using onclick event as follows:

<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="button" value="Print" onclick="window.print()" />
</form>
</body>

Storing Cookies:
The simplest way to create a cookie is to assign a string value to the document.cookie object,
which looks like this:

Syntax:
document.cookie = "key1=value1;key2=value2;expires=date";

Reading Cookies:
Reading a cookie is just as simple as writing one, because the value of the document.cookie
object is the cookie. So you can use this string whenever you want to access the cookie.

The document.cookie string will keep a list of name=value pairs separated by semicolons, where
name is the name of a cookie and value is its string value.

JavaScript - Page Redirection


What is page redirection ?

12 | P a g e
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning
When you click a URL to reach to a page X but internally you are directed to another page Y that
simply happens because of page re-direction. This concept is different from JavaScript Page
Refresh.

There could be various reasons why you would like to redirect from original page. I'm listing
down few of the reasons:

 You did not like the name of your domain and you are moving to a new one. Same time
you want to direct your all visitors to new site. In such case you can maintain your old
domain but put a single page with a page re-direction so that your all old domain
visitors can come to your new domain.
 You have build-up various pages based on browser versions or their names or may be
based on different countries, then instead of using your server side page redirection you
can use client side page redirection to land your users on appropriate page.
 The Search Engines may have already indexed your pages. But while moving to another
domain then you would not like to lose your visitors coming through search engines. So
you can use client side page redirection. But keep in mind this should not be done to
make search engine a fool otherwise this could get your web site banned.

How Page Re-direction works ?


Example 1:

This is very simple to do a page redirect using JavaScript at client side. To redirect your site
visitors to a new page, you just need to add a line in your head section as follows:

<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
window.location="http://www.newlocation.com";
//-->
</script>
</head>

To understand it in better way you can Try it yourself.

Example 2:

You can show an appropriate message to your site visitors before redirecting them to a new
page. This would need a bit time delay to load a new page. Following is the simple example to
implement the same:

<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function Redirect()
{
window.location="http://www.newlocation.com";
}

document.write("You will be redirected to main page in 10 sec.");


setTimeout('Redirect()', 10000);
//-->
</script>
</head>

13 | P a g e
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning
Here setTimeout() is a built-in JavaScript function which can be used to execute another
function after a given time interval.

To understand it in better way you can Try it yourself.

Example 3:

Following is the example to redirect site visitors on different pages based on their browsers :

<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var browsername=navigator.appName;
if( browsername == "Netscape" )
{
window.location="http://www.location.com/ns.htm";
}
else if ( browsername =="Microsoft Internet Explorer")
{
window.location="http://www.location.com/ie.htm";
}
else
{
window.location="http://www.location.com/other.htm";
}
//-->
</script>
</head>

JavaScript - Errors & Exceptions Handling


There are three types of errors in programming: (a) Syntax Errors and (b) Runtime Errors (c)
Logical Errors:

Syntax errors:
Syntax errors, also called parsing errors, occur at compile time for traditional programming
languages and at interpret time for JavaScript.

For example, the following line causes a syntax error because it is missing a closing
parenthesis:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
window.print(;
//-->
</script>

When a syntax error occurs in JavaScript, only the code contained within the same thread as
the syntax error is affected and code in other threads gets executed assuming nothing in them
depends on the code containing the error.

Runtime errors:
Runtime errors, also called exceptions, occur during execution (after compilation/interpretation).

14 | P a g e
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>Click the following to see the result:</p>
<form>
<input type="button" value="Click Me" onclick="myFunc();" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

You can display extracted information in whatever way you think it is better.

To understand it in better way you can Try it yourself.

You can use onerror method to show an error message in case there is any problem in loading
an image as follows:

<img src="myimage.gif"
onerror="alert('An error occurred loading the image.')" />

You can use onerror with many HTML tags to display appropriate messages in case of errors.

JavaScript - Form Validation


Form validation used to occur at the server, after the client had entered all necessary data and
then pressed the Submit button. If some of the data that had been entered by the client had
been in the wrong form or was simply missing, the server would have to send all the data back
to the client and request that the form be resubmitted with correct information. This was really
a lengthy process and over burdening server.

JavaScript, provides a way to validate form's data on the client's computer before sending it to
the web server. Form validation generally performs two functions.

 Basic Validation - First of all, the form must be checked to make sure data was
entered into each form field that required it. This would need just loop through each
field in the form and check for data.
 Data Format Validation - Secondly, the data that is entered must be checked for
correct form and value. This would need to put more logic to test correctness of data.

We will take an example to understand the process of validation. Here is the simple form to
proceed :

<html>
<head>
<title>Form Validation</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
// Form validation code will come here.
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form action="/cgi-bin/test.cgi" name="myForm"
onsubmit="return(validate());">
<table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="1">
<tr>

19 | P a g e
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

<td align="right">Name</td>
<td><input type="text" name="Name" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">EMail</td>
<td><input type="text" name="EMail" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Zip Code</td>
<td><input type="text" name="Zip" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Country</td>
<td>
<select name="Country">
<option value="-1" selected>[choose yours]</option>
<option value="1">USA</option>
<option value="2">UK</option>
<option value="3">INDIA</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"></td>
<td><input type="submit" value="Submit" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Basic Form Validation:


First we will show how to do a basic form validation. In the above form we are calling
validate() function to validate data when onsubmit event is occurring. Following is the
implementation of this validate() function:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
// Form validation code will come here.
function validate()
{

if( document.myForm.Name.value == "" )


{
alert( "Please provide your name!" );
document.myForm.Name.focus() ;
return false;
}
if( document.myForm.EMail.value == "" )
{
alert( "Please provide your Email!" );
document.myForm.EMail.focus() ;
return false;
}
if( document.myForm.Zip.value == "" ||
isNaN( document.myForm.Zip.value ) ||
document.myForm.Zip.value.length != 5 )
{

20 | P a g e
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

alert( "Please provide a zip in the format #####." );


document.myForm.Zip.focus() ;
return false;
}
if( document.myForm.Country.value == "-1" )
{
alert( "Please provide your country!" );
return false;
}
return( true );
}
//-->
</script>

To understand it in better way you can Try it yourself.

Data Format Validation:


Now we will see how we can validate our entered form data before submitting it to the web
server.

This example shows how to validate an entered email address which means email address must
contain at least an @ sign and a dot (.). Also, the @ must not be the first character of the email
address, and the last dot must at least be one character after the @ sign:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function validateEmail()
{

var emailID = document.myForm.EMail.value;


atpos = emailID.indexOf("@");
dotpos = emailID.lastIndexOf(".");
if (atpos < 1 || ( dotpos - atpos < 2 ))
{
alert("Please enter correct email ID")
document.myForm.EMail.focus() ;
return false;
}
return( true );
}
//-->
</script>

To understand it in better way you can Try it yourself.

Javascript - Browsers Compatibility


It is important to understand the differences between different browsers in order to handle each
in the way it is expected. So it is important to know which browser your Web page is running in.

To get information about the browser your Web page is currently running in, use the built-in
navigator object.

Navigator Properties:

21 | P a g e
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning
There are several Navigator related properties that you can use in your Web page. The following
is a list of the names and descriptions of each:

Property Description

appCodeName This property is a string that contains the code name of the browser, Netscape
for Netscape and Microsoft Internet Explorer for Internet Explorer.

appVersion This property is a string that contains the version of the browser as well as
other useful information such as its language and compatibility.

language This property contains the two-letter abbreviation for the language that is used
by the browser. Netscape only.

mimTypes[] This property is an array that contains all MIME types supported by the client.
Netscape only.

platform[] This property is a string that contains the platform for which the browser was
compiled."Win32" for 32-bit Windows operating systems

plugins[] This property is an array containing all the plug-ins that have been installed on
the client. Netscape only.

userAgent[] This property is a string that contains the code name and version of the
browser. This value is sent to the originating server to identify the client

Navigator Methods:
There are several Navigator-specific methods. Here is a list of their names and descriptions:

Method Description

javaEnabled() This method determines if JavaScript is enabled in the client. If


JavaScript is enabled, this method returns true; otherwise, it returns
false.

plugings.refresh This method makes newly installed plug-ins available and populates
the plugins array with all new plug-in names. Netscape only.

preference(name,value) This method allows a signed script to get and set some Netscape
preferences. If the second parameter is omitted, this method will
return the value of the specified preference; otherwise, it sets the
value. Netscape only.

taintEnabled() This method returns true if data tainting is enabled and false
otherwise.

22 | P a g e
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

Browser Detection:
There is a simple JavaScript which can be used to find out the name of a browser and then
accordingly an HTML page can be served to the user.

<html>
<head>
<title>Browser Detection Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var userAgent = navigator.userAgent;
var opera = (userAgent.indexOf('Opera') != -1);
var ie = (userAgent.indexOf('MSIE') != -1);
var gecko = (userAgent.indexOf('Gecko') != -1);
var netscape = (userAgent.indexOf('Mozilla') != -1);
var version = navigator.appVersion;

if (opera){
document.write("Opera based browser");
// Keep your opera specific URL here.
}else if (gecko){
document.write("Mozilla based browser");
// Keep your gecko specific URL here.
}else if (ie){
document.write("IE based browser");
// Keep your IE specific URL here.
}else if (netscape){
document.write("Netscape based browser");
// Keep your Netscape specific URL here.
}else{
document.write("Unknown browser");
}
// You can include version to along with any above condition.
document.write("<br /> Browser version info : " + version );
//-->
</script>
</body>
</html>

To understand it in better way you can Try it yourself.

Javascript - The String Object


The String object let's you work with a series of characters and wraps Javascript's string
primitive data type with a number of helper methods.

Because Javascript automatically converts between string primitives and String objects, you can
call any of the helper methods of the String object on a string primitive.

Syntax:
Creating a String object:

var val = new String(string);

23 | P a g e
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning
The string parameter is series of characters that has been properly encoded.

String Properties:
Here is a list of each property and their description.

Property Description

constructor Returns a reference to the String function that created the object.

length Returns the length of the string.

prototype The prototype property allows you to add properties and methods to an
object.

String Methods
Here is a list of each method and its description.

Method Description

charAt() Returns the character at the specified index.

charCodeAt() Returns a number indicating the Unicode value of the character at the
given index.

concat() Combines the text of two strings and returns a new string.

indexOf() Returns the index within the calling String object of the first occurrence of
the specified value, or -1 if not found.

lastIndexOf() Returns the index within the calling String object of the last occurrence of
the specified value, or -1 if not found.

localeCompare() Returns a number indicating whether a reference string comes before or


after or is the same as the given string in sort order.

match() Used to match a regular expression against a string.

replace() Used to find a match between a regular expression and a string, and to
replace the matched substring with a new substring.

search() Executes the search for a match between a regular expression and a
specified string.

24 | P a g e
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

slice() Extracts a section of a string and returns a new string.

split() Splits a String object into an array of strings by separating the string into
substrings.

substr() Returns the characters in a string beginning at the specified location


through the specified number of characters.

substring() Returns the characters in a string between two indexes into the string.

toLocaleLowerCase() The characters within a string are converted to lower case while
respecting the current locale.

toLocaleUpperCase() The characters within a string are converted to upper case while
respecting the current locale.

toLowerCase() Returns the calling string value converted to lower case.

toString() Returns a string representing the specified object.

toUpperCase() Returns the calling string value converted to uppercase.

valueOf() Returns the primitive value of the specified object.

String HTML wrappers


Here is a list of each method which returns a copy of the string wrapped inside the appropriate
HTML tag.

Method Description

anchor() Creates an HTML anchor that is used as a hypertext target.

big() Creates a string to be displayed in a big font as if it were in a <big> tag.

blink() Creates a string to blink as if it were in a <blink> tag.

bold() Creates a string to be displayed as bold as if it were in a <b> tag.

fixed() Causes a string to be displayed in fixed-pitch font as if it were in a <tt> tag

fontcolor() Causes a string to be displayed in the specified color as if it were in a <font


color="color"> tag.

25 | P a g e
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

fontsize() Causes a string to be displayed in the specified font size as if it were in a


<font size="size"> tag.

italics() Causes a string to be italic, as if it were in an <i> tag.

link() Creates an HTML hypertext link that requests another URL.

small() Causes a string to be displayed in a small font, as if it were in a <small>


tag.

strike() Causes a string to be displayed as struck-out text, as if it were in a <strike>


tag.

sub() Causes a string to be displayed as a subscript, as if it were in a <sub> tag

sup() Causes a string to be displayed as a superscript, as if it were in a <sup> tag

Javascript - The Arrays Object


The Array object let's you store multiple values in a single variable.

Syntax:
Creating a Array object:

var fruits = new Array( "apple", "orange", "mango" );

The Array parameter is a list of strings or integers. When you specify a single numeric
parameter with the Array constructor, you specify the initial length of the array. The maximum
length allowed for an array is 4,294,967,295.

You can create array by simply assigning values as follows:

var fruits = [ "apple", "orange", "mango" ];

You will use ordinal numbers to access and to set values inside an array as follows:

 fruits[0] is the first element


 fruits[1] is the second element
 fruits[2] is the third element

Array Properties:
Here is a list of each property and their description.

26 | P a g e
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

Property Description

constructor Returns a reference to the array function that created the object.

index The property represents the zero-based index of the match in the string

input This property is only present in arrays created by regular expression


matches.

length Reflects the number of elements in an array.

prototype The prototype property allows you to add properties and methods to an
object.

Array Methods
Here is a list of each method and its description.

Method Description

concat() Returns a new array comprised of this array joined with other array(s)
and/or value(s).

every() Returns true if every element in this array satisfies the provided testing
function.

filter() Creates a new array with all of the elements of this array for which the
provided filtering function returns true.

forEach() Calls a function for each element in the array.

indexOf() Returns the first (least) index of an element within the array equal to the
specified value, or -1 if none is found.

join() Joins all elements of an array into a string.

lastIndexOf() Returns the last (greatest) index of an element within the array equal to the
specified value, or -1 if none is found.

map() Creates a new array with the results of calling a provided function on every
element in this array.

pop() Removes the last element from an array and returns that element.

27 | P a g e
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

push() Adds one or more elements to the end of an array and returns the new
length of the array.

reduce() Apply a function simultaneously against two values of the array (from left-
to-right) as to reduce it to a single value.

reduceRight() Apply a function simultaneously against two values of the array (from right-
to-left) as to reduce it to a single value.

reverse() Reverses the order of the elements of an array -- the first becomes the last,
and the last becomes the first.

shift() Removes the first element from an array and returns that element.

slice() Extracts a section of an array and returns a new array.

some() Returns true if at least one element in this array satisfies the provided
testing function.

toSource() Represents the source code of an object

sort() Sorts the elements of an array.

splice() Adds and/or removes elements from an array.

toString() Returns a string representing the array and its elements.

unshift() Adds one or more elements to the front of an array and returns the new
length of the array.

JavaScript - The Date Object


The Date object is a datatype built into the JavaScript language. Date objects are created with
the new Date( ) as shown below.

Once a Date object is created, a number of methods allow you to operate on it. Most methods
simply allow you to get and set the year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and millisecond
fields of the object, using either local time or UTC (universal, or GMT) time.

The ECMAScript standard requires the Date object to be able to represent any date and time, to
millisecond precision, within 100 million days before or after 1/1/1970. This is a range of plus or
minus 273,785 years, so the JavaScript is able to represent date and time till year 275755.

Syntax:
Here are different variant of Date() constructor:

28 | P a g e
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

new Date( )
new Date(milliseconds)
new Date(datestring)
new Date(year,month,date[,hour,minute,second,millisecond ])

Note: Paramters in the brackets are always optional

Here is the description of the parameters:

 No Argument: With no arguments, the Date( ) constructor creates a Date object set to
the current date and time.
 milliseconds: When one numeric argument is passed, it is taken as the internal
numeric representation of the date in milliseconds, as returned by the getTime( )
method. For example, passing the argument 5000 creates a date that represents five
seconds past midnight on 1/1/70.
 datestring:When one string argument is passed, it is a string representation of a date,
in the format accepted by the Date.parse( ) method.
 7 agruments: To use the last form of constructor given above, Here is the description
of each argument:
1. year: Integer value representing the year. For compatibility (in order to avoid
the Y2K problem), you should always specify the year in full; use 1998, rather
than 98.
2. month: Integer value representing the month, beginning with 0 for January to
11 for December.
3. date: Integer value representing the day of the month.
4. hour: Integer value representing the hour of the day (24-hour scale).
5. minute: Integer value representing the minute segment of a time reading.
6. second: Integer value representing the second segment of a time reading.
7. millisecond: Integer value representing the millisecond segment of a time
reading.

Date Properties:
Here is a list of each property and their description.

Property Description

constructor Specifies the function that creates an object's prototype.

prototype The prototype property allows you to add properties and methods to an
object.

Date Methods:
Here is a list of each method and its description.

Method Description

Date() Returns today's date and time

getDate() Returns the day of the month for the specified date according to

29 | P a g e
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

local time.

getDay() Returns the day of the week for the specified date according to
local time.

getFullYear() Returns the year of the specified date according to local time.

getHours() Returns the hour in the specified date according to local time.

getMilliseconds() Returns the milliseconds in the specified date according to local


time.

getMinutes() Returns the minutes in the specified date according to local time.

getMonth() Returns the month in the specified date according to local time.

getSeconds() Returns the seconds in the specified date according to local time.

getTime() Returns the numeric value of the specified date as the number of
milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC.

getTimezoneOffset() Returns the time-zone offset in minutes for the current locale.

getUTCDate() Returns the day (date) of the month in the specified date
according to universal time.

getUTCDay() Returns the day of the week in the specified date according to
universal time.

getUTCFullYear() Returns the year in the specified date according to universal time.

getUTCHours() Returns the hours in the specified date according to universal


time.

getUTCMilliseconds() Returns the milliseconds in the specified date according to


universal time.

getUTCMinutes() Returns the minutes in the specified date according to universal


time.

getUTCMonth() Returns the month in the specified date according to universal


time.

getUTCSeconds() Returns the seconds in the specified date according to universal


time.

30 | P a g e
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

getYear() Deprecated - Returns the year in the specified date according to


local time. Use getFullYear instead.

setDate() Sets the day of the month for a specified date according to local
time.

setFullYear() Sets the full year for a specified date according to local time.

setHours() Sets the hours for a specified date according to local time.

setMilliseconds() Sets the milliseconds for a specified date according to local time.

setMinutes() Sets the minutes for a specified date according to local time.

setMonth() Sets the month for a specified date according to local time.

setSeconds() Sets the seconds for a specified date according to local time.

setTime() Sets the Date object to the time represented by a number of


milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC.

setUTCDate() Sets the day of the month for a specified date according to
universal time.

setUTCFullYear() Sets the full year for a specified date according to universal time.

setUTCHours() Sets the hour for a specified date according to universal time.

setUTCMilliseconds() Sets the milliseconds for a specified date according to universal


time.

setUTCMinutes() Sets the minutes for a specified date according to universal time.

setUTCMonth() Sets the month for a specified date according to universal time.

setUTCSeconds() Sets the seconds for a specified date according to universal time.

setYear() Deprecated - Sets the year for a specified date according to local
time. Use setFullYear instead.

toDateString() Returns the "date" portion of the Date as a human-readable string.

toGMTString() Deprecated - Converts a date to a string, using the Internet GMT


conventions. Use toUTCString instead.

31 | P a g e
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

toLocaleDateString() Returns the "date" portion of the Date as a string, using the
current locale's conventions.

toLocaleFormat() Converts a date to a string, using a format string.

toLocaleString() Converts a date to a string, using the current locale's conventions.

toLocaleTimeString() Returns the "time" portion of the Date as a string, using the
current locale's conventions.

toSource() Returns a string representing the source for an equivalent Date


object; you can use this value to create a new object.

toString() Returns a string representing the specified Date object.

toTimeString() Returns the "time" portion of the Date as a human-readable string.

toUTCString() Converts a date to a string, using the universal time convention.

valueOf() Returns the primitive value of a Date object.

Date Static Methods:


In addition to the many instance methods listed previously, the Date object also defines two
static methods. These methods are invoked through the Date( ) constructor itself:

Method Description

Date.parse( ) Parses a string representation of a date and time and returns the
internal millisecond representation of that date.

Date.UTC( ) Returns the millisecond representation of the specified UTC date


and time.

Javascript - The Math Object


The math object provides you properties and methods for mathematical constants and
functions.

Unlike the other global objects, Math is not a constructor. All properties and methods of Math
are static and can be called by using Math as an object without creating it.

Thus, you refer to the constant pi as Math.PI and you call the sine function as Math.sin(x),
where x is the method's argument.

Syntax:

32 | P a g e
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning
Here is the simple syntax to call properties and methods of Math.

var pi_val = Math.PI;


var sine_val = Math.sin(30);

Math Properties:
Here is a list of each property and their description.

Property Description

E Euler's constant and the base of natural logarithms, approximately 2.718.

LN2 Natural logarithm of 2, approximately 0.693.

LN10 Natural logarithm of 10, approximately 2.302.

LOG2E Base 2 logarithm of E, approximately 1.442.

LOG10E Base 10 logarithm of E, approximately 0.434.

PI Ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, approximately


3.14159.

SQRT1_2 Square root of 1/2; equivalently, 1 over the square root of 2, approximately
0.707.

SQRT2 Square root of 2, approximately 1.414.

Math Methods
Here is a list of each method and its description.

Method Description

abs() Returns the absolute value of a number.

acos() Returns the arccosine (in radians) of a number.

asin() Returns the arcsine (in radians) of a number.

atan() Returns the arctangent (in radians) of a number.

atan2() Returns the arctangent of the quotient of its arguments.

33 | P a g e
Tutorials Point, Simply Easy Learning

ceil() Returns the smallest integer greater than or equal to a number.

cos() Returns the cosine of a number.

exp() Returns EN, where N is the argument, and E is Euler's constant, the base of
the natural logarithm.

floor() Returns the largest integer less than or equal to a number.

log() Returns the natural logarithm (base E) of a number.

max() Returns the largest of zero or more numbers.

min() Returns the smallest of zero or more numbers.

pow() Returns base to the exponent power, that is, base exponent.

random() Returns a pseudo-random number between 0 and 1.

round() Returns the value of a number rounded to the nearest integer.

sin() Returns the sine of a number.

sqrt() Returns the square root of a number.

tan() Returns the tangent of a number.

toSource() Returns the string "Math".

Regular Expressions and RegExp Object


A regular expression is an object that describes a pattern of characters.

The JavaScript RegExp class represents regular expressions, and both String and RegExp
define methods that use regular expressions to perform powerful pattern-matching and search-
and-replace functions on text.

Syntax:
A regular expression could be defined with the RegExp( ) constructor like this:

var pattern = new RegExp(pattern, attributes);

or simply

var pattern = /pattern/attributes;

34 | P a g e

You might also like