It works on a null string, and on an empty string and it is accessible for all strings. In addition, it could be expanded to contain other JavaScript empty or whitespace characters (i.e. …

Feb 11, 2010 · It's an example of the poor design of JavaScript that we ended up with three methods that all do the same thing, but with different quirks. IMO slice is the one with the least …

214 JavaScript doesn't have an exact analogue for C#'s extension methods. JavaScript and C# are quite different languages. The nearest similar thing is to modify the prototype object of all …

Jun 7, 2019 · I'd like to be able to say something like this in javascript : "a".distance("b") How can I add my own distance function to the string class?

In all other cases, you're safe to use ==. Not only is it safe, but in many cases it simplifies your code in a way that improves readability. I still recommend Crockford's talk for developers who …

How do I perform case insensitive string comparison in JavaScript?

May 27, 2017 · To answer your initial question — how to [properly] reverse a string in JavaScript —, I’ve written a small JavaScript library that is capable of Unicode-aware string reversal. It …

Sep 9, 2008 · They are immutable. You cannot change a character within a string with something like var myString = "abbdef"; myString[2] = 'c'. The string manipulation methods such as trim, …

173 There are two main ways to convert a string to a number in JavaScript. One way is to parse it and the other way is to change its type to a Number. All of the tricks in the other answers (e.g., …

JavaScript automatically converts primitives to String objects, so that it's possible to use String object methods for primitive strings. In contexts where a method is to be invoked on a primitive …