String^(native)

Text string.

Properties

• [begin..end] : Integer
  Creates string slice contained characters from start index and up to but not included end index
• [index] : Integer
  Code of character at the index position, Read-write index accessor. Zero-based index
• length : Integer
  Number of characters in the string.

Methods

• $(..) : String
  Returns composed string. Note, this is a "stringizer" method.
• charAt(index) : String
  Get character on index position.
• charCodeAt(index) : Integer
  Returns (Uni)code of character at index position.
• concat(string1 [, string2 [, ... [, stringN]]]]) : String
  Creates string consisting from concatenated arguments: self + string1 + string2 + string3 + ... + stringN.
• endsWith(str) : Boolean
  Determines whether the start of this string instance matches the specified string.
• fromCharCode([code1[, code2[, ...[, codeN]]]]) : String
  Creates string build from character with given integer codes.
• htmlEscape() : String
  Replace each < > & " or ' character by < > & " or ' sequence.
• htmlUnescape() : String
  Restores html-escape string.
• indexOf(substring [, start]) : Integer
  Searches this string for text in substring.
• lastIndexOf(substring [, start]) : Integer
  Searches this string for text in substring.
• localeCompare(what) : Integer
  Compares this string with what string using lexicographic character order.
• match(regexp|str) : String|RegExp
  Returns fragment(s) of the string which satisfy regexp or returns RegExp object instance which satisfy string pattern.
• printf(format, [value1[, value2[, ...[, valueN]]]]) : String
  Creates string formatted by the rules of sprintf C/C++ function.
• replace(regexp, replaceBy) : String
  Replaces all fragments satisfying regexp by replaceBy.
• scanf(format) : Array
  with wildcard (like %[a-z] ) extensions.
• search(regexp) : Integer
  Returns index of first occurence of string fragment satisfying regexp or -1 if not found.
• split(separator[, limit]) : String
  Splits the string separated on components by separator.
• startsWith(str) : Boolean
  Determines whether the beginning of this string instance matches the specified string.
• substr(start [, length]) : String
  Creates string beginning by start index with required length.
• substring(start[, end]) : String
  Creates string slice consisting from characters starting from start index and up to but not included end indexes.
• toFloat(defaultValue = undefined) : Float
  Tries to parse content of the string. If parsing failed then returns defaultValue if provided, or undefined value.
• toHtmlString() : String
  Returns string escaped by html rules. Is an alias of the htmlEscape() method.
• toInteger(defaultValue = undefined) : Integer
  Tries to parse content of the string. If parsing failed then returns defaultValue if provided, or undefined value.
• toLowerCase() : String
  Creates lower case copy of the string.
• toNumber(defaultValue = undefined) : Integer
  Tries to parse the string into either float or integer value.
• toString() : String
  Returns string itself.
• toSymbol() : Symbol
  Converts string to symbol.
• toUpperCase() : String
  Creates upper case copy of the string.
• toUrlString() : String
  Returns string escaped by url rules. Is an alias of the urlEscape() method.
• trim(side = #all) : String
  Creates copy of the string with spaces removed.
• urlEscape() : String
  Creates url-escaped copy of the string if it contains characters need to be escaped or string itself if there are no such characters.
• urlUnescape() : String
  Restores url-escaped string.