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Strings

Overview
The String object is used to represent and manipulate a sequence of characters.
It could be written with both single and double quotes.

Example: let str= “Coding Ninjas” ;


let str = ‘Coding Ninjas’ ;

Length
The length of the string could be found using built-in property.

Example: let text = "Coding Ninjas";


console.log( text.length) ; // Output 13

Quotes & backslash within Strings


Using double quotes and backslash within a string gives unexpected results.

Double quotes :

let str= “My “name” is Joe” ;


console.log( str ) ;

❖ The above line will give an error as an Unexpected identifier.

Solution: Use \” name \” instead.

Backslash :

let str = “My \name\ is Joe” ;


console.log( str ) ;
❖ The above line prints My name is Joe

Solution: Use \\ name \\ instead

1
Creating Strings
Strings are primitive data types created from literals.

let str = "Coding Ninjas" ;


typeOf( str ) ; //String

Strings can also be defined as objects with the keyword new as we did in arrays.

let str = new String("Coding Ninjas") ;


typeOf( str ) ; // Object

NOTE: Don't create strings as objects. It slows down execution speed.


The new keyword complicates the code. This can produce some unexpected results too

Comparing Strings
Using == operator :

let str1 = "Coding Ninjas" ;


let str2 = new String("Coding Ninjas") ;

console.log(str1 == str2) ; // true as only the values are checked and not the data type

Using === operator :

let str1 = "Coding Ninjas" ;


let str2 = new String("Coding Ninjas") ;

console.log(str1 === str2) ; // false because of strict equality operator , data types are
also checked

Objects can not be compared :

let str1 = new String("Coding Ninjas") ;


let str2 = new String("Coding Ninjas") ;

console.log(str1 === str2) ; // false

2
String Methods
1. substring( ) : It is used to find a contiguous sequence of characters within a
string using indxes

Example : let str = “Coding Ninjas” ;


str.substring( 2 ) ; // ding Ninjas
str.substring(3 , 8 ) ; // ing N

2. substr( ) : It is same as substring method , the difference is that the second


parameter specifies the length of the extracted part.

Example : let str = “Coding Ninjas” ;


str.substr( 2 , 4 ) ; // ding

3. replace( ) : It replaces a specified value with another value in a string . But it


does not affect the original string rather it makes another string the return the
result

Example : let str = “Hello World” ;


let str2 = str.replace("Hello", "Bye") ; // Bye world

4. toUpperCase( ) & toLowerCase( ) : toUpperCase( ) Converts the characters


of string to uppercase characters and vice-versa for toLowerCase( )

Example : let str = “Coding Ninjas” ;


let str2 = str.toUpperCase( ) ; // CODING NINJAS
let str3 = str.toLowerCase( ) ; // coding ninjas

5. trim( ) : This method removes whitespace from both sides of a string

Example : let str = “ Coding Ninjas ”;


let str2 = str.trim( ) ; // Coding Ninjas

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Searching Methods in Strings
1. indexOf( ) : This method returns the index of (the position of) the first
occurrence of a specified character/text in a string

Example : let str = “Coding Ninjas” ;


str.indexOf(“Ninjas” ) ; // 7
str.indexOf(“N” ) ; // 7
str.indexOf(“n” ) ; // 4
str.indexOf(“ninjas” ) ; // -1

2. lastIndexOf( ) : This method returns the index of the last occurrence of a


specified character/text in a string

Example : let str = “Coding Ninjas” ;


str.lastIndexOf(“N” ) ; // 7
str.lastIndexOf(“n” ) ; // 9

3. includes( ) : This method returns true if a string contains a specified text

Example : let str = “Coding Ninjas” ;


str.includes(“Ninjas” ) ; // true

NOTE: These methods are case sensitive.

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