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JavaScript Examples

What can JavaScript do?

JavaScript can change HTML content
JavaScript can change HTML attributes
JavaScript can change CSS style
JavaScript can hide HTML elements
JavaScript can show hidden HTML elements

Examples explained

JavaScript Output

Writing into an window alert box
Writing into the HTML output
Writing into an HTML element
Writing into the browser console

Output explained

Where to Insert JavaScript

JavaScript in <head>
JavaScript in <body>
JavaScript in an external file

Placement explained

JavaScript Syntax

JavaScript statements
JavaScript numbers
JavaScript strings
JavaScript expressions
JavaScript keywords
JavaScript variables
JavaScript assignment
JavaScript operators
JavaScript comments
JavaScript is case sensitive

Syntax explained

JavaScript Statements

JavaScript statements are commands to the browser
JavaScript code is a sequence of statements
JavaScript statements are separated with semicolon
Multiple statement on one line is allowed
JavaScript statements can be grouped together in code blocks
You can break a code line after an operator or a comma.

Statements explained

JavaScript Comments

Single line comments
Single line comments at the end of a line
Multiple lines comments
Single line comment to prevent execution
Multiple lines comment to prevent execution

Comments explained

JavaScript Variables

JavaScript variables
JavaScript variables as algebra
JavaScript numbers and strings
JavaScript var keyword.
Declaring many variables in one statement
Declaring many variables multiline
A variable without a value returns the value undefined
Re-declaring a variable will not destroy the value
Adding JavaScript numbers
Adding JavaScript strings
Adding strings and numbers

Variables explained

JavaScript Arithmetic

The addition (+) operator
The subtraction (-) operator
The multiplication (*) operator
The division (/) operator
The modulus (%) operator
The increment (++) operator
The decrement (--) operator

Arithmetic explained

JavaScript Assignment

The = assignment operator
The += assignment operator
The -= assignment operator
The *= assignment operator
The /= assignment operator
The %= assignment operator

Assignment explained

JavaScript String Concatenation

Adding two strings together using the concatenating (+) operator
Adding two strings together with a space in the first string
Adding two strings together with a space in between
Adding two strings together using using the += operator
Adding strings and numbers

Concatenation explained

JavaScript Data Types

Declare (create) strings
Declare (create) numbers
Declare (create) an array
Declare (create) an object
Find the type of a variable
Adding two numbers and a string
Adding a string and two numbers
An undefined variable
An empty variable

Data types explained

JavaScript Objects

Create a JavaScript variable
Create a JavaScript object
Create a person object (single line)
Create a person object (multiple lines)
Access object properties using .property
Access object properties using [property]
Access a function property as a method
Access a function property as a property

Objects explained

JavaScript Functions

A simple function
A function with an argument
A function with an argument 2
A function that returns a value
A function that converts Fahrenheit to Celsius
A function call without ()

Functions explained

JavaScript Events

An onclick event changes an HTML element
An onclick event changes its own element
An onclick event calls a function

Events explained

JavaScript Strings

Strings can be written with single or double quotes.
Show some string examples
Backslash before quotes accepts quotes as quotes.
Find the length of a string
You can break text string with a backslash.
You cannot break code with a backslash.
Find the position of the first occurrence of a text in a string - indexOf()
Search for a text in a string and return the text if found - match()
Replace characters in a string - replace()
Convert string to upper case - toUpperCase()
Convert string to lower case - toLowerCase()
Split a string into an array - split()

Strings explained

JavaScript Numbers

Number are considered accurate only up to 15 digits
Floating point arithmetic is not always 100% accurate
But it helps to multiply and divide by 10
Constants, preceded by 0x, are interpreted as hexadecimal
The toString() method can output numbers as hex, octal, and binary
JavaScript will generate Infinity if you calculate a too large number
Division by zero generates Infinity
A number divided by a string is not a number

Numbers explained

JavaScript Maths

Math.PI returns the value of PI
Math.round(x) returns the rounded value of x
Math.pow(x,y) returns the value of x to the power of y
Math.sqrt(x) returns the square root of x
Math.abs(x) returns the absolute (positive) value of x
Math.ceil(x) returns the value of x rounded up
Math.floor(x) returns the value of x rounded down
Math.sin(x) returns the sin of the angel x (given in radians)
Math.cos(x) returns the cosin of the angel x (given in radians)
Math.max() return the number with the highest value from a list of arguments
Math.min() to return the number with the lowest value from a list of arguments
Converting Celsius to Fahrenheit

Maths explained

JavaScript Random

Math.random() returns a random number between 0 (included) and 1 (excluded)
How to return a random integer between 0 and 9 (both included)
How to return a random integer between 0 and 10 (both included)
How to return a random integer between 0 and 99 (both included)
How to return a random integer between 0 and 100 (both included)
How to return a random integer between 1 and 10 (both included)
How to return a random integer between 1 and 100 (both included)
How to return a random integer between x (included) and y (excluded)
How to return a random integer between x and y (both included)

Random explained

JavaScript Dates

Use Date() to display today's date and time
Use getFullYear() display the year
Use getTime() to calculate the number of milliseconds since 1970
Use setFullYear() to set a specific date
Use toUTCString() to convert today's date (according to UTC) to a string
Use getDay() to display the weekday as a number
Use getDay() and an array to display the weekday as a name
Display a clock

Dates explained

JavaScript Arrays

Create an array
Join two arrays - concat()
Join three arrays - concat()
Join all elements of an array into a string - join()
Remove the last element of an array - pop()
Add new elements to the end of an array - push()
Reverse the order of the elements in an array - reverse()
Remove the first element of an array - shift()
Select elements from an array - slice()
Sort an array (alphabetically and ascending) - sort()
Sort numbers (numerically and ascending) - sort()
Sort numbers (numerically and descending) - sort()
Sort numbers (alphabetically and numerically) - sort()
Sort numbers in random order - sort()
Sort objects by numeric properties - sort()
Sort objects by string properties - sort()
Add an element to position 2 in an array - splice()
Convert an array to a string - toString()
Add new elements to the beginning of an array - unshift()

Arrays explained

JavaScript Type Conversion

Display the typeof all variable types
Display the constructor of all variable types
Convert a number to a string using String()
Convert a number to a string using toString()
Find out if a variable is an array
Find out if a variable is an date

Type Conversion Explained

JavaScript Booleans

Display the value of Boolean(10 > 9)
Display the value of 10 > 9
Everything with a real value is true
The Boolean value of zero is false
The Boolean value of minus zero is false
The Boolean value of an empty string is false
The Boolean value of undefined is false
The Boolean value of null is false
The Boolean value of false is false
The Boolean value of NaN is false

Booleans explained

JavaScript Comparisons

Assign 5 to x, and display the value of (x == 8)
Assign 5 to x, and display the value of (x == 5)
Assign 5 to x, and display the value of (x === 5)
Assign 5 to x, and display the value of (x === "5")
Assign 5 to x, and display the value of (x != 8)
Assign 5 to x, and display the value of (x !== 5)
Assign 5 to x, and display the value of (x !== "5")
Assign 5 to x, and display the value of (x > 8)
Assign 5 to x, and display the value of (x < 8)
Assign 5 to x, and display the value of (x >= 8)
Assign 5 to x, and display the value of (x <= 8)

Comparisons explained

JavaScript Conditionals

The if statement
The else statement
The else if statement
Random link
Switch statement

Conditionals explained

JavaScript Loops

For loop
Looping through HTML headers
While loop
Do While loop
Break a loop
Break and continue a loop
Use a for...in statement to loop through the elements of an object

Loops explained

JavaScript Error Handling

The try...catch statement
The try...catch statement with a confirm box
The onerror event

Errors explained

JavaScript Regular Expressions

Search for an expression in a string
Search for an expression and replace it

Regular Expressions Explained

JavaScript Objects

Creating a JavaScript variable
Creating a JavaScript object
Creating a JavaScript object (single line)
Creating a JavaScript object (multiple lines)
Creating a JavaScript object using new
Creating JavaScript objects using a constructor
Creating built-in JavaScript objects
The best way to create JavaScript variables
JavaScript objects are mutable

Objects explained

JavaScript Object Properties

Accessing properties using .property
Accessing properties using [property]
Accessing properties using for in
Adding new properties to existing objects
Deleting properties from objects

Object Properties explained