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Beginning JavaScript Vocabulary

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Array literals   You can create arrays in two different ways. The most common of which is to list values in a pair of square brackets. JavaScript arrays can contain any types of values and they can be of mixed types.  
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Accessing array elements   You can get elements out of arrays if you know their index. Array elements' indexes start at 0 and increment by 1, so the first element's index is 0, the second element's index is 1, the third element's is 2, etc.  
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Multi-dimensional Arrays   A two-dimensional array is an array within an array. If you fill this array with another array you get a three-dimensional array and so on.  
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Array constructor   You can also create an array using the Array constructor.  
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Accessing nested array elements   Accessing multi dimensional array elements is quite similar to one-dimension arrays . They are accessed by using [index][index]..... (number of them depends upon the number of arrays deep you want to go inside).  
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Boolean literals   not only Boolean literals (true and false) assert truth or false , but there are some other ways too to derive true or false.  
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Boolean logical operators   expressions  
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Comparison operators   uses x and y  
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Code Comments   Code comments are used for increasing the readability of the code.Comments are like notes , suggestions , warnings ,etc. that you can put for yourself. Code comments are not executed  
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Single Line Comment   Anything on the line following // will be a comment while anything before will still be code.  
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Multi-Line Comment   Anything between /* and */ will be a comment.  
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console.log   Prints text to the console. Useful for debugging.  
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console.time   This function starts a timer which is useful for tracking how long an operation takes to happen.  
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console.time continued   You give each timer a unique name, and may have up to 10,000 timers running on a given page.When you call console.timeEnd() with the same name, the browser will output the time, in milliseconds, that elapsed since the timer was started.  
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console.timeEnd   Stops a timer that was previously started by calling console.time().  
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Function   A function is a JavaScript procedure—a set of statements that performs a task or calculates a value.  
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Function calling   functionName(argument1, argument2, ..., argumentN);  
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Function hoisting   The two ways of declaring functions produce different results. Declaring a function one way "hoists" it to the top of the call, and makes it available before it's actually defined.  
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if   It simply states that if this condition is true , do this , else do something else ( or nothing ) . It occurs in varied forms.  
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else   A fallback to an if statement. This will only get executed if the previous statement did not.  
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else if   This is like an else statement, but with its own condition. It will only run if its condition is true, and the previous statement's condition was false.  
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For Loops   You use for loops, if you know how often you'll loop. The most often used varName in loops is "i".  
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While Loops   You use while loops, if you don't know how often you'll loop.  
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Do While Loops   You use do while loops, if you have to loop at least once, but if you don't know how often.  
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random   Returns a random number between 0 and 1.  
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floor   Returns the largest integer less than or equal to a number.  
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pow   Returns base raised to exponent.  
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ceil   Returns the smallest integer greater than or equal to a number.  
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PI   Returns the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, approximately 3.14159 or in better terms, the value of PI (π). Note in syntax , we do not put `()` at the end of `Math.PI` because `Math.PI` is not a function.  
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sqrt   Returns the square root of a number.  
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% (Modulus)   it returns the remainder left after dividing the left hand side with the right hand side.  
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isNaN   Returns true if the given number is not a number , else returns false.  
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Basic Arithmetic   Doing basic arithmetic is simple.  
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Prefix and Postfix increment/decrement operators   Prefix increment / decrement operators are operators that first increase the value of the variable by 1 (increment) or decrease the value of an expression / variable by 1 (decrement) and then return this incremented / decremented value.  
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Object Literals   { "property 1": value1, property2: value2, number: value3 }  
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Property Access   name1[string] name2.identifier  
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Classes   A class can be thought of as a template to create many objects with similar qualities. Classes are a fundamental component of object-oriented programming (OOP).  
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alert   Display an alert dialog with the specified message and an OK button. Note: The alert dialog should be used for messages which do not require any response on the part of the user, other than the acknowledgement of the message.  
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confirm   confirm("message") //returns true if confirmed, false otherwise  
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prompt   The prompt() displays a dialog with an optional message prompting the user to input some text. If the user clicks the "Cancel" button , null is returned.  
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Strings   Strings are text. They are denoted by surrounding text with either single or double quotes.  
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Concatenation   string1 + string2  
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length   Returns the length of the string.  
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toUpperCase, toLowerCase   Changes the cases of all the alphabetical letters in the string.  
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trim()   Removes whitespace from both ends of the string.  
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replace()   Returns a string with the first match substring replaced with a new substring.  
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charAt()   Returns the specified character from a string.Characters in a string are indexed from left to right.  
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charAt() continued   The index of the first character is 0, and the index of the last character in a string called stringName is stringName.length - 1. If the index you supply is out of range, JavaScript returns an empty string.  
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substring()   Returns the sequence of characters between two indices within a string.  
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indexOf()   Returns the index within the calling String object of the first occurrence of the specified value, starting the search at fromIndex, Returns -1 if the value is not found. The indexOf method is case sensitive.  
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switch   Acts like a big if / else if / else chain. Checks a value against a list of cases, and executes the first case that is true.  
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switch continued   It goes on executing all other cases it finds after the first true case till it finds a breaking statement,after which it breaks out of the switch If it does not find any matching case , it executes the default case.  
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Ternary Operator   The ternary operator is usually used as a shortcut for the if statement.  
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Variable Assignment   var name = value;  
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Variable changing   varname = newValue  
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