CS114 JavaScript Math Object and its methods
1.0 JavaScript Math Object and its methods
• The math object provides a set of methods for manipulating
numbers and performing basic mathematic computations.
• This includes methods for random number generation, exponential
functions and comparison functions.
• Some common methods are found in the table below.
2.0 A sample program
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3.0 JavaScript Date Object and its methods
• The Date object consists of several methods that will allow you to
determine the current time and date and perform calculations
between dates or times.
• You must create a date object with the keyword new before you
can manipulate date object.
• To create a Date object :
nameOfDateObject = new Date( );
• Example
today = new Date( );
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4.0 JavaScript String Object and its methods
• A string consists of a sequence of characters.
• JavaScript has a list of methods that help manipulate a given
string.
• The general syntax is
o stringName.property
o stringName.methodName(parameters)
where stringName can be a string variable or constant
Method Description
length The length property of the string object
returns the number of characters in a string.
Ex: “Hello JavaScript”.length returns 16
bold( ) Emphasizes the text to be displayed in bold.
This method is equivalent to the HTML <B>…</B> tag.
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italics( ) Emphasizes the text to be displayed in
italics. This method is equivalent to the HTML <I>…</I> tag.
strike( ) Causes the text to be displayed as struck
out text. This method is equivalent to the HTML <Strike>
tag.
fontcolor( ) Causes the string to be displayed as the
specified colour.
Ex: var text=“Good Morning”
document.write(text.fontcolor(“red”));
fontsize( ) Changes the size of the text.
Ex: document.write (text.fontsize(3));
toLowerCase( ) This method converts the given given
string to lower case.
Ex: var text=“GOOD MORNING”;
document.write(text.toLowerCase( ) );
toUpperCase( ) This method converts the given string to
upper case.
Ex: var text=“good morning”;
document.write(text.toUpperCase( ) );
charAt( ) Returns the character at the specified
index. haracters in a string are indexed from the left to
right. Returns nothing if the specified position is greater
than the length of the string.
Ex : var text=“I Like JavaScript”;
document.write(text.charAt(0));
// I
document.write(text.charAt(1)); //
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document.write(text.charAt(2)); //
substring(beginIndex,endIndex) Returns a substring of
the string specified by the beginIndex and endIndex.
Ex : text=“Informatics Computer School”;
document.write(text.substring(12,19));
// will display Computer
document.write(text.substring(21,26));
// will display School
indexOf(text,Index ) Returns the position number in
a string of the first character in the text argument. The Index
is an optional value that represents the position from
which to begin the search.
Ex: var text="Good Morning";
document.write(text.indexOf("M"));
// will display 5
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5.0 Bibliography
• JavaScript (Introductory) By Dan Gosselin
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