String functions in JavaScript by example

You can test these functions online at jsbin.com.

Get the character at a specific index

var name = "amir";
alert("charAt(0): " + name.charAt(0));

It will return “a” as it is the first character of “amir”.

Find the index of character in string

var name = "amir";
alert("indexOf('m'):" + name.indexOf('m'));

it will return 1 as “m” is the second character of the “amir” and it start counting from 0.

Replace two characters in the string

var name = "amir";
name = name.replace("a", "m");

alert("replace('a','m'): " + name.charAt(0));

It will replace the first character with the second one i.e. “a” with “m”. Therefore it will alert “m” as the first character of “amir”.

Slice a string

var name = "amir";

alert("slice(0,3) :" + name.slice(0, 3));

it will start from the 0 position of the string and return the first three character of it. Therefore it will return “ami”.

Search of the index of character in the string

var name = "amir";

alert("search(/m/) : " + name.search(/m/));

It will search for the position of the occurrence of “m” in “amir” and return 1.

Split string into array

var name = "amir";

alert("split('m') :" + name.split('m'));

it will split the “amir” into two substring from the “m”. Therefore it will return “a” and “ir” as an array.

Convert string to uppercase

var name = "amir";

alert("toUpperCase :" + name.toUpperCase());

It will convert the “amir” into upper case level character and will return “AMIR”.

Check the type with isNaN

you can check if a variable is a string or not .

alert("is string not a number ? :" + isNaN("test"));

alert("is number not a number ? :" + isNaN(1));

The first alert will print true and the second one will return false.

Download

Feel free to download the full source code of this example from my github.