Core JavaScript Reference


This book is a reference manual for the core JavaScript language for version 1.5. JavaScript is Netscape's cross-platform, object-based scripting language. Core JavaScript can be extended for a variety of purposes by supplementing it with additional objects.

About this Book

New Features in this Release
What You Should Already Know
JavaScript Versions
Where to Find JavaScript Information
Document Conventions

Part 1

Chapter 1 Objects, Methods, and Properties

Array
Boolean
Date
Function
java
JavaArray
JavaClass
JavaObject
JavaPackage
Math
netscape
Number
Object
Packages
RegExp
String
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Chapter 2 Top-Level Properties and Functions

decodeURI
decodeURIComponent
encodeURI
encodeURIComponent
eval
Infinity
isFinite
isNaN
NaN
Number
parseFloat
parseInt
String
undefined

Part 2

Chapter 3 Statements

break
const
continue
do...while
export
for
for...in
function
if...else
import
label
return
switch
throw
try...catch
var
while
with

Chapter 4 Comments

comment

Chapter 5 Operators

Assignment Operators
Comparison Operators

Using the Equality Operators

Arithmetic Operators

% (Modulus)
++ (Increment)
-- (Decrement)
- (Unary Negation)

Bitwise Operators

Bitwise Logical Operators
Bitwise Shift Operators

Logical Operators
String Operators
Special Operators

?: (Conditional operator)
, (Comma operator)
delete
function
in
instanceof
new
this
typeof
void

Part 3 LiveConn

Chapter 6 Java Classes, Constructors, and Methods

JSException
JSObject

Part 4

Appendix A Reserved Words
Appendix B Deprecated Features
Index