Interface JSGlobalFunctions

All Superinterfaces:

JSObjectFunctions

All Known Implementing Classes:

E4XGlobal, JSGlobal, Window

public interface JSGlobalFunctions
extends JSObjectFunctions

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
JSString	decodeURI(JSString uri)	function decodeURI(uri) unescape characters in a URI.
JSString	decodeURIComponent(JSString s)	function decodeURIComponent(s) unescape characters in a URI component.
JSString	encodeURI(JSString uri)	function encodeURI(uri) escape characters in a URI.
JSString	encodeURIComponent(JSString s)	function encodeURIComponent(s) escape characters in a URI Component.
JSString	escape(JSString s)	function escape(s) encode a string.
JSObject	eval(JSString code)	function eval(code) execute JavaScript from a string.
JSBoolean	isFinite(JSNumber n)	function isFinite(n) determine whether a number is finite.
JSBoolean	isNaN(JSNumber n)	function isNaN(n) check for not-a-number.
JSString	parseFloat(JSString s)	function parseFloat(s) convert a string to a number.
JSString	parseInt(JSString s, JSNumber radix)	function parseInt(s, radix) convert a string to an integer.
JSString	unescape(JSString s)	function unescape(s) decode an escaped string.

Methods inherited from interface JSObjectFunctions

hasOwnProperty, isPrototypeOf, propertyIsEnumerable, toLocaleString, toString, valueOf

Method Details

decodeURI

JSString decodeURI(JSString uri)

function decodeURI(uri) unescape characters in a URI.

Parameters:

uri - A string that contains an encoded URI or other text to be decoded.

Since:

Standard ECMA-262 3rd. Edition, Level 2 Document Object Model Core Definition.

See Also:

• Global
• decodeURIComponent()
• encodeURI()
• encodeURIComponent()
• escape()
• unescape()

decodeURIComponent

JSString decodeURIComponent(JSString s)

function decodeURIComponent(s) unescape characters in a URI component.

Parameters:

s - A string that contains an encoded URI components or other text to be decoded.

Since:

Standard ECMA-262 3rd. Edition, Level 2 Document Object Model Core Definition.

See Also:

• Global
• decodeURI()
• encodeURI()
• encodeURIComponent()
• escape()
• unescape()

encodeURI

JSString encodeURI(JSString uri)

function encodeURI(uri) escape characters in a URI.

Parameters:

uri - A string that contains the URI or other text to be encoded.

Since:

Standard ECMA-262 3rd. Edition, Level 2 Document Object Model Core Definition.

See Also:

• Global
• decodeURI()
• decodeURIComponent()
• encodeURIComponent()
• escape()
• unescape()

encodeURIComponent

JSString encodeURIComponent(JSString s)

function encodeURIComponent(s) escape characters in a URI Component.

Parameters:

s - A string that contains a portion of a URI or other text to be encoded.

Since:

Standard ECMA-262 3rd. Edition, Level 2 Document Object Model Core Definition.

See Also:

• Global
• decodeURI()
• decodeURIComponent()
• encodeURI()
• escape()
• unescape()

escape

JSString escape(JSString s)

function escape(s) encode a string.

Parameters:

s - A string to be "escaped" or encoded.

Since:

Standard ECMA-262 3rd. Edition, Level 2 Document Object Model Core Definition.

See Also:

• Global
• encodeURI()
• encodeURIComponent()

eval

JSObject eval(JSString code)

function eval(code) execute JavaScript from a string.

Example

eval("2+5"); //Returns 7

Parameters:

code - A string that contains the JavaScript expression to be evaluated or the statements to be executed.

Since:

Standard ECMA-262 3rd. Edition, Level 2 Document Object Model Core Definition.

See Also:

• Global

isFinite

JSBoolean isFinite(JSNumber n)

function isFinite(n) determine whether a number is finite.

Parameters:

n - The number to be tested.

Since:

Standard ECMA-262 3rd. Edition, Level 2 Document Object Model Core Definition.

See Also:

• Global
• NaN
• Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY

isNaN

JSBoolean isNaN(JSNumber n)

function isNaN(n) check for not-a-number.

Example

isNaN(0); // => false
isNaN(0/0); //=> true
isNaN(parseInt("3")); //=> false
isNaN(parseInt("hello")); //=> true
isNaN("3"); //=> false
isNaN("hello"); //=gt; true
isNaN(true); //=> false
isNaN(undefined); //=> true

Parameters:

n - The number to be tested.

Since:

Standard ECMA-262 3rd. Edition, Level 2 Document Object Model Core Definition.

See Also:

• Global
• NaN
• Number.NaN
• parseFloat()
• parseInt()

parseFloat

JSString parseFloat(JSString s)

function parseFloat(s) convert a string to a number.

Parameters:

s - The string to be parsed and converted to a number

Since:

Standard ECMA-262 3rd. Edition, Level 2 Document Object Model Core Definition.

See Also:

• Global
• isNan()
• parseInt()

parseInt

JSString parseInt(JSString s,
 JSNumber radix)

function parseInt(s, radix) convert a string to an integer.

Parameters:

s - The string to be parsed and converted to an integer

radix - An optional integer argument that represents the radix (i.e. base) of the number to be parsed. If omitted or 0, the number is parsed in base 10.

Since:

Standard ECMA-262 3rd. Edition, Level 2 Document Object Model Core Definition.

See Also:

• Global
• isNan()
• parseFloat()

unescape

JSString unescape(JSString s)

function unescape(s) decode an escaped string.

Parameters:

s - A string to be "unescaped" or decoded.

Since:

Standard ECMA-262 3rd. Edition, Level 2 Document Object Model Core Definition.

See Also:

• Global
• decodeURI()
• decodeURIComponent()