Join Joe Chellman for an in-depth discussion in this video Strings, part of Learning the JavaScript Language.
In this video, we're going to look at strings. …So a string is character data. Generally speaking, it'll be things like …sentences, words, single characters, but a string can contain basically anything …between quote marks. So, for example, I could say, this is a string. …When you formulate a string like this it's actually called a string literal. …Literal, in this context, means that you're making data of some type using …basically the simplest notation possible. So, making a string literal means that …I'm putting string data in quotes. But a string doesn't have to be a …sentence, it can be a number inside quotes and it is a string of one two …instead of 12. These are two different things as far as …Javascript is concerned. So you can make strings using these …double quote characters. You can also make strings using single …quote characters. This is also a string.…
And you need to begin and end the string using the same character. …So I can't do this. Single quote at the beginning, double …
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11/21/2012- Enabling Firebug and web inspectors
- Using a text editor
- Declaring and assigning a variable
- Booleans and the quest for truth
- Working with objects and arrays
- Using operators and control structures
- Iterating with loops
- Objects, references, and functions
- Understanding variable scope
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Q: In "How to enable Firebug and web inspectors," at the Chrome Canary part, the author mentions going to the View menu, and then Developer. My Canary has no menu bar. The author uses a Mac, whereas I have Windows. How do I get to the same place?
A: Click the menu button at the top right of Chrome, select More Tools, and then choose Developer Tools.
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