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Sample source 3) JavaScript basic document structure (string object)

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This time let's look at the string object.
A string is a sequence of characters.
In other words, by using the string object and the methods it owns,
you can program with strings.

For instance, when a user has written an email, 
you could check in advance whether they wrote it correctly,
or — if you do more detailed and meticulous work — even something like spell-checking should be plenty possible.
(Whether useful or not...)




<!DOCTYPE html>


<html>


<head>


<meta charset="utf-8" />


<title>string object</title>


<script type="text/javascript">


//<![CDATA[




//string has the length property and the indexOf / lastIndexOf methods.




var str1, str2;


str1 = new String("javascript");


str2 = "DOMScript";




document.write("<p>" + str1.length + "</p>");


document.write("<p>" + str2.length + "</p>");


document.write("<p>" + str1.indexOf("s") + "</p>");




var email="testtest.co.kr";


var check=email.indexOf("@");// returns -1 if not present. !!!




if(check == -1)


{


alert("The email format is not valid.");


}




//]]]]>


</script>


</head>




<body>




</body>


</html>

This English version was translated by Claude.

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