JavaScript String Methods

A String in JavaScript is a sequence of characters used to store text. let course = " JavaScript " ; 1. String length Purpose Returns the total number of characters in a string. Syntax string . length Example let company = " OpenAI " ; console . log ( company . length ); Output 6 Real-Time Example Checking password length before registration. 2. String charAt() Purpose Returns the character at a specified index. Syntax string . charAt ( index ) Example let city = " Madurai " ; console . log ( city . charAt ( 3 )); Output u Internal Logic M a d u r a i 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Index 3 contains "u". 3. String charCodeAt() Purpose Returns the Unicode value (UTF-16 code) of a character. Example let letter = " A " ; console . log ( letter . charCodeAt ( 0 )); Output 65 More Examples console . log ( " a " . charCodeAt ( 0 )); Output: 97 4. String codePointAt() Purpose Returns the Unicode code point of a character. Useful for emojis and special symbols. Example let emoji = " 😊 " ; console . log ( emoji . codePointAt ( 0 )); Output 128522 Difference console . log ( " 😊 " . charCodeAt ( 0 )); console . log ( " 😊 " . codePointAt ( 0 )); codePointAt() gives the actual Unicode value. 5. String concat() Purpose Combines two or more strings. Example let firstName = " Annapoorani " ; let lastName = " Kadhiravan " ; let fullName = firstName . concat ( lastName ); console . log ( fullName ); Output Annapoorani Kadhiravan Alternative console . log ( firstName + lastName ); 6. String at() Purpose Returns character at a specific position. Supports negative indexing. Example let language = " JavaScript " ; console . log ( language . at ( 0 )); console . log ( language . at ( - 1 )); Output J t 7. String [ ] Purpose Access characters using bracket notation. Example let laptop = " Dell " ; console . log ( laptop [ 0 ]); console . log ( laptop [ 2 ]); Output D l Difference console . log ( laptop . charAt ( 0 )); console . log ( laptop [ 0 ]); Both return same result. 8. String slice() Purpose Extract