| 6. 1. 1. The String Type |
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The String type is the only primitive type that doesn't have a definite size. |
A string can be used to store zero or more Unicode characters. |
Each character in a string is given a position. |
The position starts with the first character in position 0, the second character in position 1. |
The position of the final character in a string is always the length of the string minus 1. |
String literals are specified by using either double quotes (") or single quotes ('). |
JavaScript has no character type. |
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var sColor1 = "blue";
var sColor2 = 'blue';
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The following table lists the JavaScript character literals: |
| Literal | Meaning | | \n | Newline | | \t | Tab | | \b | Backspace | | \r | Carriage return | | \f | Formfeed | | \\ | Backslash | | \' | Single quote | | \" | Double quote | | \0nnn | A character represented by octal code nnn (where n is an octal digit 0-7) | | \xnn | A character represented by hexadecimal code nn (where n is a hexadecimal digit 0-F) | | \unnnn | A Unicode character represented by hexadecimal code nnnn (where n is a hexadecimal digit 0-F) |
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