JavaScript: String.prototype

String.prototype is the value of the property key "prototype" of the function String. [see String Object]

console.log(
  String.hasOwnProperty("prototype"),
);

Type

Type of String.prototype is Object .

console.log(
  typeof String.prototype === "object",
);

String.prototype is a string object.

console.log(
  Reflect.apply(Object.prototype.toString, String.prototype, []) ===
    "[object String]",
);

console.log(String.prototype.length === 0);
console.log("a" + String.prototype + "b" === "ab");

Parent

Parent of String.prototype is Object.prototype.

console.log(
  Reflect.getPrototypeOf(String.prototype) === Object.prototype,
);

Purpose

Purpose of String.prototype is to provide methods and properties useful for all string objects.

String.prototype is the parent of all string objects.

console.log(
  Reflect.getPrototypeOf(Object("abc")) === String.prototype,
);

// Object("abc") turns primitive to object type

String is Immutable

All JavaScript string methods return a new string. That is, if a variable named “x” is a string, as in x = "abc";, and you call a string method such as x.slice(…), “x” is not changed. (we say that JavaScript string is immutable.)

String is 16 Bits Unit Sequence

[see JavaScript: String Code Unit]

Index of String

Many string methods take index (integer) as argument, or return a index.

Some string methods also allow negative index. Negative index usually means count from right to left, starting at the end of string, but some method treat negative index as 0.

The most intuitive way to understand index is to think of index as between the chars. Index 0 is before first character. Index 1 is after first character. Index -1 is the place between last character and second last character.

Properties

• constructor
• length

join, trim, pad

• concat
• repeat
• trim
• trimStart
• trimEnd
• padStart
• padEnd

substring

• slice
• substring
• substr

Search string

• indexOf
• lastIndexOf
• includes
• startsWith
• endsWith

Search / replace with regex

• search
• match
• matchAll
• replace

Convert to array

• split

Convert letter case

• toLowerCase
• str.toUpperCase
• str.toLocaleLowerCase
• str.toLocaleUpperCase

Get character and Unicode

• charAt
• charCodeAt
• codePointAt

misc

str.toString

Return the string itself.

str.valueOf

Return the string itself.

str.localeCompare(str)

Return negative, 0, or positive integer, by comparing str with str, in a locale aware manner. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/localeCompare

str.normalize(form)

normalize a string according to Unicode Standard Annex #15 Unicode Normalization Forms. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/normalize

String.prototype[Symbol.iterator]

return the Iterator.