Built-In Namespace String

Method Summary
Method Attributes	Method Name and Description
	arrayReplace(fromArray, toArray, dontEscape) Replaces the occurences of the strings given in the fromArray with the toArray respectively.
	BRtoLB() Replaces any <br> or <br /> tags with line breaks(\n).
	escapeRegExp() Escapes the special characters for a regular expression in the string.
	format(The) Formats a string according to the given parameters.
	LBtoBR() Replaces any line breaks (\n, \r, \r\n) with <br> tags.
	strCount(searchStr, dontEscape) Counts and returns the given string's occurances.
	stripHTML(tags) Strips all the HTML tags in the string.
	trim() Trims the whitespaces around the text.
	trimLeft() Trims the whitespaces in the beginning of the text.
	trimRight() Trims the whitespaces in the end of the text.
	trimToLength(length) Trims the string to the given length and puts ".
	ucWords() Makes the first letters of words uppercase.

Method Detail

{String} arrayReplace(fromArray, toArray, dontEscape)

Replaces the occurences of the strings given in the fromArray with the toArray respectively.
Defined in: aV.ext.string.js.

var myText="I love Visual Basic, CGI-Script and Ruby very much!";
myText.arrayReplace(["Visual Basic", "CGI-Script", "Ruby"], ["PHP", "JavaScript"]);

Will give you "I love PHP, JavaScript and JavaScript very much!"

Parameters:
{String[]} fromArray: The string array which holds the strings-to-be-replaced
{String[]} toArray: The string array which holds the strings-to-be-replaces-with. If the length of this array is smaller than the fromArray, then the last item of this array is used for undefined indexes.
{Boolean} dontEscape Optional: If given false the strings in the fromArray are used directly as regular expressions.

Returns:: {String}

{String} BRtoLB()

Replaces any <br> or <br /> tags with line breaks(\n).
Defined in: aV.ext.string.js.

Returns:: {String}

{String} escapeRegExp()

Escapes the special characters for a regular expression in the string.
Defined in: aV.ext.string.js.

Returns:: {String}

{String} format(The)

Formats a string according to the given parameters. Currently supports only string replacement.
Defined in: aV.ext.string.js.

"%s says this function is great but %2:s claims it's not".format("BYK", "useless", "snlzkn") will give you
BYK says this function is great but snlzkn claims it's not

Parameters:
{String|Number} The: strings to be replaced, any number of parameters can be given.

Returns:: {String} The formatted string.

{String} LBtoBR()

Replaces any line breaks (\n, \r, \r\n) with <br> tags.
Defined in: aV.ext.string.js.

Returns:: {String}

{integer} strCount(searchStr, dontEscape)

Counts and returns the given string's occurances.
Defined in: aV.ext.string.js.

Parameters:
{String} searchStr: The string whose occurenses will be counted.
{Boolean} dontEscape Optional: If given false, the searchStr is used directly as a regular expression.

Returns:: {integer}

{String} stripHTML(tags)

Strips all the HTML tags in the string. Removes only the given tags if tags is given
Defined in: aV.ext.string.js.

Parameters:
{String|Array} tags Optional: The tags which will be stripped out.

Returns:: {String}

{String} trim()

Trims the whitespaces around the text.
Defined in: aV.ext.string.js.

Returns:: {String}

{String} trimLeft()

Trims the whitespaces in the beginning of the text.
Defined in: aV.ext.string.js.

Returns:: {String}

{String} trimRight()

Trims the whitespaces in the end of the text.
Defined in: aV.ext.string.js.

Returns:: {String}

{String} trimToLength(length)

Trims the string to the given length and puts "..." in the end of the string.
Defined in: aV.ext.string.js.

Parameters:
{integer} length: The desired maximum length of the string.

Returns:: {String}

{String} ucWords()

Makes the first letters of words uppercase.
Defined in: aV.ext.string.js.

var myText="javascript is lovely.";
myText.ucWords();

Will give you "Javascript Is Lovely."

Returns:: {String}

Classes

Built-In Namespace String