Strings

Introduction

Strings can be enclosed using single or double quotes.

var x = "length";

To insert special characters in the string, use the backslash (\).

• \' for single quote.
• \" for double quote.
• \\ for backslash.

String Methods

It return the string length.

var BodyName = "Shaft";
var len = BodyName.length;

Output
len value is 5.

search()

To search a string and returns the position of the match.

var BodyName="Left Shaft Right Shaft";
var pos = BodyName.search("Shaft");

Output
pos value is 6. 

Extracts a part of a by giving start and end position as the input.

This example slices out a portion of a string from position 8 to position 13(14-1).

var str = "This is SIMLAB";
var outputStr= str.slice(8, 14);

Output
outputStr value is "SIMLAB". 

This method is used to replace one string values from another strings.

var str = "Body Name";
var outputStr = str.replace("Body", "Group");

Output
outputStr value is Group Name.

concat()

To join more than one string.

var text1 = "Mesh";
var text2 = "Size";
var text3 = text1.concat("_", text2);

Output
text3 value is Mesh_Size. 

To convert into uppercase.

To convert into lower case.

It removes whitespace from both sides of a string.