Native: String

A collection of the String Object prototype methods.

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• String

String Method: pad

Pads a string with the specified character(s) either before or after the current value.

Syntax

myString.pad(length, string, direction);

Arguments

1. length - (number) the number of characters to pad.
2. string - (string) the string to use for padding; defaults to a space.
3. direction - (string) either "left" or "right" (defaults to "right"); the side to add the padding.

Example

var tonyTheTigerSez = "They're gr".pad(5, 'r') + 'eat!';
//returns "They're grrrrrreat!"

Returns

• (string) a string with the specified character repeated the specified number of times either to the right or left of the current value.

String Method: repeat

Repeats a string a specified number of times.

Syntax

myString.repeat(times);

Arguments

1. times - (number) The number of times to repeat the string.

Example

var one = "1";
var eleventyOne = one.repeat(3);
//returns "111"

Returns

• (string) the string repeated the specified number of times.

String Method: standardize

Removes non-ascii characters and converts them to their most appropriate ascii character.

Syntax

myString.standardize();

Example

var bjorkProper = "Björk";
var bjorkAscii = bjorkProper.standarize();
//returns "Bjork"

Returns

• (string) a string without any non-ascii characters.

String Method: stripTags

Remove all html tags from a string.

Syntax

myString.stripTags();

Example

var html = "<b>This is a string with <i>html</i> in it.</b>"
var noHtml = html.stripTags();
//returns "This is a string with html in it."

Returns

• (string) a string without any HTML tags

String Method: tidy

Replaces common special characters with their ASCII counterparts (smart quotes, elipse characters, stuff from MS Word, etc.).

Syntax

var tidyString = stringWithBadChars.tidy();

Returns

• (string) the string with the non-ASCII characters replaced