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JavaScript String Methods

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Basic String Methods

Javascript strings are primitive and immutable: All string methods produces a new
string without altering the original string.

String length String toUpperCase()

String charAt() String toLowerCase()
String charCodeAt() String concat()
String at() String trim()
String [ ] String trimStart()
String slice() String trimEnd()
String substring() String padStart()
String substr() String padEnd()
String repeat()

See Also: String replace()

String replaceAll()
String Search Methods String split()
String Templates

JavaScript String Length

The length property returns the length of a string:

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let text = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
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Extracting String Characters

There are 4 methods for extracting string characters:

The at(position) Method

The charAt(position) Method
The charCodeAt(position) Method
Using property access [] like in arrays

JavaScript String charAt()

The charAt() method returns the character at a specified index (position) in a
string:

Example
let text = "HELLO WORLD";
let char = [Link](0);

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JavaScript String charCodeAt()

The charCodeAt() method returns the code of the character at a specified index in a
string:

The method returns a UTF-16 code (an integer between 0 and 65535).
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let char = [Link](0);

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JavaScript String at()

ES2022 intoduced the string method at() :

Examples
Get the third letter of name:

const name = "W3Schools";

let letter = [Link](2);

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Get the third letter of name:

const name = "W3Schools";

let letter = name[2];

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The at() method returns the character at a specified index (position) in a string.

The at() method returns the same as carAt() .

The at() method is supported in all modern browsers since March 2022:

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The at() method is a new addition to JavaScript.

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Now you can use [Link](-2) instead of charAt([Link]-2) .

Browser Support
at() is an ES2022 feature.

JavaScript 2022 (ES2022) is supported in all modern browsers since March 2023:

Chrome 94 Edge 94 Firefox 93 Safari 16.4 Opera 79

Sep 2021 Sep 2021 Oct 2021 Mar 2023 Oct 2021

Property Access [ ]

Example
let text = "HELLO WORLD";
let char = text[0];

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Note
Property access might be a little unpredictable:

It makes strings look like arrays (but they are not)

If no character is found, [ ] returns undefined, while charAt() returns an empty
string.
It is read only. str[0] = "A" gives no error (but does not work!)

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let text = "HELLO WORLD";
text[0] = "A"; // Gives no error, but does not work

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Extracting String Parts

There are 3 methods for extracting a part of a string:

slice(start, end)
substring(start, end)
substr(start, length)

JavaScript String slice()

slice() extracts a part of a string and returns the extracted part in a new string.

The method takes 2 parameters: start position, and end position (end not included).

Example
Slice out a portion of a string from position 7 to position 13:

let text = "Apple, Banana, Kiwi";

let part = [Link](7, 13);

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Note
JavaScript counts positions from zero.

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First position is 0.
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If you omit the second parameter, the method will slice out the rest of the string:

let text = "Apple, Banana, Kiwi";

let part = [Link](7);

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If a parameter is negative, the position is counted from the end of the string:

let text = "Apple, Banana, Kiwi";

let part = [Link](-12);

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This example slices out a portion of a string from position -12 to position -6:

let text = "Apple, Banana, Kiwi";

let part = [Link](-12, -6);

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JavaScript String substring()

substring() is similar to slice() .

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The difference is that start and end values less than 0 are treated as 0 in
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Example

let str = "Apple, Banana, Kiwi";

let part = [Link](7, 13);

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If you omit the second parameter, substring() will slice out the rest of the string.

JavaScript String substr()

substr() is similar to slice() .

The difference is that the second parameter specifies the length of the extracted
part.

Example
let str = "Apple, Banana, Kiwi";
let part = [Link](7, 6);

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If you omit the second parameter, substr() will slice out the rest of the string.

Example
let str = "Apple, Banana, Kiwi";
let part = [Link](7);

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If the first parameter is negative, the position counts from the end of the string.

Example
let str = "Apple, Banana, Kiwi";
let part = [Link](-4);

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Converting to Upper and Lower Case

A string is converted to upper case with toUpperCase() :

A string is converted to lower case with toLowerCase() :

JavaScript String toUpperCase()

Example
let text1 = "Hello World!";
let text2 = [Link]();

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JavaScript String toLowerCase()

Example
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JavaScript String concat()

concat() joins two or more strings:

Example

let text1 = "Hello";

let text2 = "World";
let text3 = [Link](" ", text2);

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The concat() method can be used instead of the plus operator. These two lines do
the same:

Example
text = "Hello" + " " + "World!";
text = "Hello".concat(" ", "World!");

Note
All string methods return a new string. They don't modify the original string.

Formally said:

Strings are immutable: Strings cannot be changed, only replaced.

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JavaScript String trimStart()

ECMAScript 2019 added the String method trimStart() to JavaScript.

The trimStart() method works like trim() , but removes whitespace only from the
start of a string.

Example

let text1 = " Hello World! ";

let text2 = [Link]();

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JavaScript String trimStart() is supported in all modern browsers since January

2020:

Chrome 66 Edge 79 Firefox 61 Safari 12 Opera 50

Apr 2018 Jan 2020 Jun 2018 Sep 2018 May 2018

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The trimEnd() method works like trim() , but removes whitespace only from the
end of a string.

Example

let text1 = " Hello World! ";

let text2 = [Link]();

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JavaScript String trimEnd() is supported in all modern browsers since January 2020:

Chrome 66 Edge 79 Firefox 61 Safari 12 Opera 50

Apr 2018 Jan 2020 Jun 2018 Sep 2018 May 2018

JavaScript String Padding

ECMAScript 2017 added two new string methods to JavaScript: padStart() and
padEnd() to support padding at the beginning and at the end of a string.

JavaScript String padStart()

The padStart() method pads a string from the start.

It pads a string with another string (multiple times) until it reaches a given length.

Examples
Pad a string with "0" until it reaches the length 4:

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Pad a string with "x" until it reaches the length 4:

let text = "5";

let padded = [Link](4,"x");

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Note
The padStart() method is a string method.

To pad a number, convert the number to a string first.

See the example below.

Example
let numb = 5;
let text = [Link]();
let padded = [Link](4,"0");

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Browser Support
padStart() is an ECMAScript 2017 feature.

ES2017 is supported in all modern browsers since September 2017:

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JavaScript String padEnd()

The padEnd() method pads a string from the end.

It pads a string with another string (multiple times) until it reaches a given length.

Examples
let text = "5";
let padded = [Link](4,"0");

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let text = "5";

let padded = [Link](4,"x");

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Note
The padEnd() method is a string method.

To pad a number, convert the number to a string first.

See the example below.

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Browser Support
padEnd() is an ECMAScript 2017 feature.

ES2017 is supported in all modern browsers since September 2017:

Chrome 58 Edge 15 Firefox 52 Safari 11 Opera 45

Apr 2017 Apr 2017 Mar 2017 Sep 2017 May 2017

padEnd() is not supported in Internet Explorer.

JavaScript String repeat()

The repeat() method returns a string with a number of copies of a string.

The repeat() method returns a new string.

The repeat() method does not change the original string.

Examples
Create copies of a text:

let text = "Hello world!";

let result = [Link](2);

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Syntax
[Link](count)

Parameters
Parameter Description

count Required.
The number of copies wanted.

Return Value
Type Description

String A new string containing the copies.

Browser Support
repeat() is an ES6 feature (JavaScript 2015).

ES6 is fully supported in all modern browsers since June 2017:

Chrome 51 Edge 15 Firefox 54 Safari 10 Opera 38

May 2016 Apr 2017 Jun 2017 Sep 2016 Jun 2016

repeat() is not supported in Internet Explorer.

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Note
The replace() method does not change the string it is called on.

The replace() method returns a new string.

The replace() method replaces only the first match

If you want to replace all matches, use a regular expression with the /g flag set. See
examples below.

By default, the replace() method replaces only the first match:

Example

let text = "Please visit Microsoft and Microsoft!";

let newText = [Link]("Microsoft", "W3Schools");

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By default, the replace() method is case sensitive. Writing MICROSOFT (with upper-
case) will not work:

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To replace case insensitive, use a regular expression with an /i flag (insensitive):

Example
let text = "Please visit Microsoft!";
let newText = [Link](/MICROSOFT/i, "W3Schools");

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Note
Regular expressions are written without quotes.

To replace all matches, use a regular expression with a /g flag (global match):

Example

let text = "Please visit Microsoft and Microsoft!";

let newText = [Link](/Microsoft/g, "W3Schools");

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JavaScript String ReplaceAll()

In 2021, JavaScript introduced the string method replaceAll() :

Example

text = [Link]("Cats","Dogs");
text = [Link]("cats","dogs");

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The replaceAll() method allows you to specify a regular expression instead of a

string to be replaced.

If the parameter is a regular expression, the global flag (g) must be set, otherwise a
TypeError is thrown.

Example

text = [Link](/Cats/g,"Dogs");
text = [Link](/cats/g,"dogs");

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replaceAll() is an ES2021 feature.

replaceAll() does not work in Internet Explorer.

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If you want to work with a string as an array, you can convert it to an array.

JavaScript String split()

A string can be converted to an array with the split() method:

Example

[Link](",") // Split on commas

[Link](" ") // Split on spaces
[Link]("|") // Split on pipe

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If the separator is omitted, the returned array will contain the whole string in index
[0].

If the separator is "", the returned array will be an array of single characters:

Example
[Link]("")

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Complete String Reference

For a complete String reference, go to our:

Complete JavaScript String Reference.

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