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Core JavaScript Reference

This book is a reference manual for the core JavaScript language for version 1.4. 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.

Contents

New Features in this Release

About this Book

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

Part 1 Object Reference

Chapter 1 Objects, Methods, and Properties

: Array
: Boolean
: Date
: Function
: java
: JavaArray
: JavaClass
: JavaObject
: JavaPackage
: Math
: netscape
: Number
: Object
: Packages
: RegExp
: String
: sun

Chapter 2 Top-Level Properties and Functions

: escape
: eval
: Infinity
: isFinite
: isNaN
: NaN
: Number
: parseFloat
: parseInt
: String
: undefined
: unescape

Part 2 Language Elements

Chapter 3 Statements

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

Chapter 4 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
: in
: instanceof
: new
: this
: typeof
: void

Part 3 LiveConnect Class Reference

Chapter 5 Java Classes, Constructors, and Methods

: JSException
: JSObject

Part 4 Appendixes

Appendix A Reserved Words

Index

Last Updated: 10/29/98 20:16:57

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