JavaScript Objects Introduction
JavaScript is an Object Oriented Programming (OOP) language.
An OOP language allows you to define your own objects and make your own variable types.
Object Oriented Programming
JavaScript is an Object Oriented Programming (OOP) language.
An OOP language allows you to define your own objects and make your own variable types.
However, creating your own objects will be explained later, in the Advanced
JavaScript section. We will start by looking at the built-in
JavaScript objects, and how they are used. The next pages will explain each
built-in JavaScript object in detail.
Note that an object is just a special kind of data. An object has properties and methods.
Properties
Properties are the values associated with an object.
In the following example we are using the length property of the String
object to return the
number of characters in a string:
<script type="text/javascript">
var txt="Hello World!";
document.write(txt.length);
</script>
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The output of the code above will be:
Methods
Methods are the actions that can be performed on
objects.
In the following example we are using the toUpperCase() method of the String
object to display a
text in uppercase letters:
<script type="text/javascript">
var str="Hello world!";
document.write(str.toUpperCase());
</script>
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The output of the code above will be:
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