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how to add variable into a string

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To add a variable to a string, you can use string concatenation or string interpolation.

Here's an example of string concatenation:

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let name = "John"; let greeting = "Hello " + name + "!"; console.log(greeting); // Output: "Hello John!"

And here's an example of string interpolation with template literals:

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let name = "John"; let greeting = `Hello ${name}!`; console.log(greeting); // Output: "Hello John!"

In the examples above, the variable name is added to the string using the + operator (string concatenation) and ${} syntax (string interpolation) respectively.

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Asked 2 years ago in JavaScript by Fatima Zohra

How to get Javascript to ignore spaces

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To get JavaScript to ignore spaces, you can use the replace() method in combination with a regular expression that matches spaces. This will allow you to remove all spaces from a string. Here's an example in JavaScript:

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let myString = 'Hello, World!'; let stringWithoutSpaces = myString.replace(/\s/g, ''); console.log(stringWithoutSpaces); // Output: "Hello,World!"

In this example, we first define a string with some spaces in it ('Hello, World!'). We then use the replace() method in combination with a regular expression (/\s/g) to find all occurrences of spaces (\s) and remove them from the string (the g flag indicates that we want to match globally across the string, rather than just the first occurrence). The resulting string ('Hello,World!') is then logged to the console.

You can try running this code in a JavaScript console or browser console to see how it works.

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Write function RemoveExclamationMarks which removes all exclamation marks from a given string.

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function RemoveExclamationMarks(str) { let newStr = str.replace(/!/g, ""); return newStr; }

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.tolocaluppercase

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In JavaScript, the .toLocaleUpperCase() method returns a string where all characters are converted to uppercase, based on a specified locale.

Example:

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const stringToUpper = 'HAPPY CODING'; console.log(stringToUpper.toLocaleUpperCase()); // Output: HAPPY CODING

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My trim doesn't seem to be working in my code. Why is this?

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The trim() method in most programming languages is used to remove any leading or trailing whitespace from a string. To use it correctly, check that you are passing in the correct parameters - usually the string variable you want to trim.

For example, in Javascript you can use str.trim() to remove any leading or trailing whitespace from the string str.

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Asked 2 years ago in Java by Camila

how to check if a string is bigger in length than the other in java

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In Java, you can use the String.length() method to check for the length of a string. An example of this is as follows:

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String str1 = "Hello World"; String str2 = "Hello"; // Check if str1 is longer than str2 if(str1.length() > str2.length()) System.out.println("str1 is longer than str2"); else System.out.println("str1 is not longer than str2");

Documentation on String.length() can be found here: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html#length%28%29

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how to check if a string is bigger in length than the other

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You can compare two strings using the method .length to check the length of a String. If the String you are comparing has a larger length than the other, it will return "true".

Example in JavaScript:

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let string1 = "Hello World!"; let string2 = "Hi"; let isBigger = string1.length > string2.length; console.log(isBigger); //returns true

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what is the difference between " and `

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The difference between " (double quotes) and ` (backticks) is that double quotes are used to specify strings in many programming languages, while backticks are used to denote a template literal in JavaScript. Template literals support string interpolation and multiline strings, which allow for dynamic values and easier reading of code.

Example:

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// using double quotes console.log("Hello World!"); // using backticks console.log(`Hello ${name}!`);

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How to avoid case sensitive in java script

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JavaScript is a case-sensitive language. To avoid case-sensitive errors, use the same case for all references to the same identifier. For example, userName and username are not the same in JavaScript.

In order to avoid confusion and potential errors, you can use the toUpperCase() or toLowerCase() methods which both take a string as argument and convert it to upper or lower case, respectively. For example:

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let myString = "Banana"; let newString = myString.toUpperCase(); console.log(newString); // Outputs: BANANA

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how do I make my list one single line from left to right without any bullets

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Using JavaScript, you can use .reduce() to create a comma-separated string of the contents of your list.

For example, given the array [1,2,3,4]:

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const arr = [1,2,3,4]; const output = arr.reduce((accum, curr) => { return accum + curr + "," }, "")

This will create the string "1,2,3,4,". You can then remove the trailing comma if desired.

More information on the .reduce() method can be found in the JavaScript documentation.

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How to add current date javascript

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You can use the Date() object to get the current date in JavaScript. To display it as a string, you can use the toDateString() method.

For example:

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const currentDate = new Date().toDateString(); // Outputs "Mon Aug 31 2020"

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what code removes spaces before a string

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In JavaScript, you can use the .trim() method to remove any extra whitespace from the beginning and end of a string. For example:

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let sentence = " This is a sentence. "; let trimmedSentence = sentence.trim(); console.log(trimmedSentence); // Output: "This is a sentence."

More information about the .trim() method can be found here.

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code for password 10 characters

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If you want to take a string input from the user and confirm if it is 10 characters long, you could use the following JavaScript code:

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const password = prompt('Please enter your password'); if (password.length === 10){ console.log('Valid! Your password is 10 characters') } else { console.log('Invalid! Your password is not 10 characters') }

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Create variables called city and country with your hometown and country, and output a sentence including the 2 variables

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var city = 'New York'; var country = 'United States'; console.log(`I am from ${city}, ${country}.`);

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Create variables called city and country with your hometown and country, and output a sentence including the 2 variables such as I am from Toulouse, in France

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let city = 'Toulouse'; let country = 'France'; console.log(`I am from ${city}, in ${country}.`);

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how do i know when to apply comma, double quotes etc when writing a code in javascript

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When writing in JavaScript, there are a few key instances when using commas, quotes, parentheses, and brackets is necessary:

  • Commas separate items in a list, e.g. var items = ["apple", "banana", "pear"]
  • Double quotes should be used when working with string values, e.g. var greeting = "Hello World!"
  • Parentheses are typically used when declaring functions, e.g. function multiply(x, y) { return x * y; }
  • Brackets are used for defining objects and to enclose the body of a loop if statement, e.g. var hero = { name: "Dave", power: "Strength" };

For more information, including syntax formatting and other useful rules, please see the MDN JavaScript Guide.

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Given a string as input, create a generator function that splits the string into separate words and outputs the resulting list. Sample Input This is some text Sample Output ['This', 'is', 'some', 'text']

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function splitString(input) { let words = input.split(' '); return words; } //Sample output console.log(splitString('This is some text')); // ['This', 'is', 'some', 'text']

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Write an efficient function that checks whether any permutation of an input string is a palindrome. Note that the function is not a palindrome check (see example 2). Examples: "civic" should return True "ivicc" should return True (because β€œcivic” is a permutation of β€œivicc”) "civil" should return False "livci" should return False

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function isPermutationPalindrome(string) { let stringObj = {}; let count = 0; for (let char of string) { if (!stringObj[char]) { stringObj[char] = 1; } else { stringObj[char]++; } } for (let char in stringObj) { if (stringObj[char] % 2 !== 0) { count++; } } return count <= 1; }

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.toLowerCase Cannot read properties of null (reading 'toLowerCase')

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This error is caused when the value you are trying to convert to lower case is null or undefined. To fix the error, make sure the value you are trying to convert is defined and has a value. Also, since toLowerCase() is a method on the string prototype, make sure the value is a string. For example:

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let str = 'Hello'; str.toLowerCase(); // hello let str2; str2.toLowerCase(); // Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'toLowerCase' of undefined

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is there emoji Unicode app?

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Yes, you can use Unicode emoji characters in your apps. For example, in Python you can use the Unicode escape sequence \U to insert an emoji character into a string, like this:

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print("\U0001F600")

This will output a smiling face emoji, which looks like this: πŸ˜€

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How do i capitalize the first letter in a string

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Using JavaScript, you can capitalize the first letter in a string with the toUpperCase() method.

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const str = "hello world"; // capitalize the first letter let result = str.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.slice(1); // print the result console.log(result); // "Hello world"

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How to capitalise first letter only in js

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You can use the toUpperCase() method in JavaScript to capitalise only the first letter in a string:

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// declare a string let string = 'example'; // call the toUpperCase() method on the string to capitalize only the first letter let capitalizedString = string.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + string.slice(1); //log the result console.log(capitalizedString); // Output: Example

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can a string be equal to an integer?

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No, a string cannot be equal to an integer because they are different data types. A string is a collection of characters (e.g. "Hello World") while an integer is a numerical value (e.g. 5).

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javascript sentence where to input variables

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let result = `The result of adding ${x + y} is ${x + y}.`

This statement uses string interpolation to create a string using variables x and y.

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how to use replace() in an if condition

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In most programming languages, you can use the replace() method within an if condition as follows:

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if (str.replace(/\s/g,'') == 'stackoverflow') { // do something }

In this example, str is some string and if will run the code within the brackets {} if str contains the exact string stackoverflow, ignoring spacing. replace(/\s/g,'') replaces any whitespace with an empty string, '' so the strings will match exactly.

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