LEVEL UP with JavaScript! LVL 5

In this blog series tutorial, I will be covering some of the basic JavaScript programming concepts.

This is geared toward beginners and anyone looking to refresh their knowledge.

Level 5 will cover:

• Concatenating Strings with Plus Equals Operator
• Constructing Strings with Variables
• Appending Variables to Strings
• Find the Length of a String
• Use Bracket Notation to Find the First Character in a String

Concatenating Strings with Plus Equals Operator

As we did with the compounded assignment (+=) operator before, now we will use it to concatenate a string on an existing variable.

Remember, spaces only exist if we add them.

let iroh = "dragon, "; 

iroh += "of the west."; 

console.log(iroh);

"dragon, of the west"

Constructing Strings with Variables

In JavaScript, it is common to build longer, more complex strings.

To do this we will be using the concatenation operator (+) to insert one or more variables to construct the string.

let mySpell = "magic missile"; 

let spellDescription = "I cast " + mySpell + ", and three glowing darts home in on my target."; 

console.log(spellDescription)

"I cast magic missile, and three glowing darts home in on my target."

Appending Variables to Strings

Variables can also be appended to strings using the (+=) operator.

let alignment = "Chaotic "; 

let alignmentTwo = "Good";

alignment += alignmentTwo; 

console.log(alignment);

Chaotic Good

Find the Length of a String

To find the length of a string we use ".length" after the string but before the end (;).

Length is given in the number of characters start with the index of zero.

It can also be used on string variables or string literals.

let game = "Dungeons and Dragons";

let gameLength = game.length; 

console.log(gameLength);

20

Use Bracket Notation to Find the First Character in a String

In JavaScript counting starts at 0, and is referred to as Zero-based indexing.

By using bracket notation ([]) we can get any character at a specific index in a string.

let character = "Wizard"; 

let firstLetter = character[0];

console.log(firstLetter);

"W"

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