In God we trust Learning Java Script

Java Script JavaScript is the scripting language of the Web! JavaScript is used in millions of Web pages to improve the design, validate forms, detect browsers, create cookies, and much more. JavaScript is the most popular scripting language on the internet.

Hello World! document.write("Hello World!")

Sample 2 document.write(" Hello World! ")

Sample 3 function message() { alert("This alert box was called with the onload event") }

Sample Persian function message() { alert("به وب سايت دانشگاه جامع علمي كاربردي خوش آمديد") }

Sample ( Loading) document.write("This message is written when the page loads")

Sample Persian document.write("لطفا كمي صبر كنيد")

External Script The actual script is in an external script file called “filename.js".

Declare a variable, assign a value to it, and display it var name = "ali" document.write(name) document.write(" "+name+" ") This example declares a variable, assigns a value to it, and then displays the variable. Then the variable is displayed one more time, only this time as a heading.

If statement var d = new Date() var time = d.getHours() if (time < 10) { document.write(" Good morning ") } This example demonstrates the If statement. If the time on your browser is less than 10, you will get a "Good morning" greeting.

If ….else statement var d = new Date() var time = d.getHours() if (time < 10) { document.write(" Good morning ") } else { document.write(" Good day ") } This example demonstrates the If...Else statement. If the time on your browser is less than 10, you will get a "Good morning" greeting. Otherwise you will get a "Good day" greeting.

Random link var r=Math.random() if (r>0.5) { document.write(" Yahoo! ") } else { document.write(" Visit GOOGLE! ") }

Switch statement var d = new Date() theDay=d.getDay() switch (theDay) { case 5: document.write(" Finally Friday ") break case 6: document.write(" Super Saturday ") break case 0: document.write(" Sleepy Sunday ") break default: document.write(" I'm really looking forward to this weekend! ") } This JavaScript will generate a different greeting based on what day it is. Note that Sunday=0, Monday=1, Tuesday=2, etc.

Alert Box function disp_alert() { alert("I am an alert box!!") }

Alert Box with line break function disp_alert() { alert("Hello again! This is how we" + '\n' + "add line breaks to an alert box!") }

Confirm box function disp_confirm() { var r=confirm("Press a button") if (r==true) { document.write("You pressed OK!") } else { document.write("You pressed Cancel!") }

Prompt box function disp_prompt() { var name=prompt("Please enter your name","Harry Potter") if (name!=null && name!="") { document.write("Hello " + name + "! How are you today?") }

Call a function function myfunction() { alert("HELLO") } <input type="button" onclick="myfunction()" value="Call function"> By pressing the button, a function will be called. The function will alert a message.

Function with an argument function myfunction(txt) { alert(txt) } <input type="button" onclick="myfunction('Hello')" value="Call function"> By pressing the button, a function with an argument will be called. The function will alert this argument.

Function with an argument.II function myfunction(txt) { alert(txt) } <input type="button" onclick="myfunction('Good Morning!')" value="In the Morning"> <input type="button" onclick="myfunction('Good Evening!')" value="In the Evening"> When you click on one of the buttons, a function will be called. The function will alert the argument that is passed to it.

Function that returns a value function myFunction() { return ("Hello, have a nice day!") } document.write(myFunction()) The script in the body section calls a function. The function returns a text.

Function with arguments, that returns a value function product(a,b) { return a*b } document.write(product(4,3)) The script in the body section calls a function with two parameters (4 and 3). The function will return the product of these two parameters.

For loop for (i = 0; i <= 5; i++) { document.write("The number is " + i) document.write(" ") } Explanation: This for loop starts with i=0. As long as i is less than, or equal to 5, the loop will continue to run. i will increase by 1 each time the loop runs.

Looping through HTML headers for (i = 1; i <= 6; i++) { document.write(" This is header " + i) document.write(" ") }

While loop i = 0 while (i <= 5) { document.write("The number is " + i) document.write(" ") i++ } Explanation: i is equal to 0. While i is less than, or equal to, 5, the loop will continue to run. i will increase by 1 each time the loop runs.

Do While loop i = 0 do { document.write("The number is " + i) document.write(" ") i++ } while (i <= 5) Explanation: i equal to 0. The loop will run i will increase by 1 each time the loop runs. While i is less than, or equal to, 5, the loop will continue to run.

Break a loop var i=0 for (i=0;i<=10;i++) { if (i==3){break} document.write("The number is " + i) document.write(" ") } Explanation: The loop will break when i=3.

Break and continue a loop var i=0 for (i=0;i<=10;i++) { if (i==3){continue} document.write("The number is " + i) document.write(" ") } Explanation: The loop will break the current loop and continue with the next value when i=3.

Use a for...in statement to loop through the elements of an array var x var mycars = new Array() mycars[0] = "Saab" mycars[1] = "Volvo" mycars[2] = "BMW" for (x in mycars) { document.write(mycars[x] + " ") }

The try...catch statement var txt="" function message() { try { adddlert("Welcome guest!") } catch(err) { txt="There was an error on this page.\n\n" txt+="Error description: " + err.description + "\n\n" txt+="Click OK to continue.\n\n" alert(txt) }

The try...catch statement with a confirm box var txt="" function message() { try { adddlert("Welcome guest!") } catch(err) { txt="There was an error on this page.\n\n" txt+="Error description: " + err.description + "\n\n" txt+="Click OK to continue.\n\n" alert(txt) }

The onerror event var txt="" function message() { try { adddlert("Welcome guest!") } catch(err) { txt="There was an error on this page.\n\n" txt+="Click OK to continue viewing this page,\n" txt+="or Cancel to return to the home page.\n\n" if(!confirm(txt)) { document.location.href=" }

onerror=handleErr var txt="" function handleErr(msg,url,l) { txt="There was an error on this page.\n\n" txt+="Error: " + msg + "\n" txt+="URL: " + url + "\n" txt+="Line: " + l + "\n\n" txt+="Click OK to continue.\n\n" alert(txt) return true } function message() { adddlert("Welcome guest!") }

Alert user, depending on browser function detectBrowser() { var browser=navigator.appName var b_version=navigator.appVersion var version=parseFloat(b_version) if ((browser=="Netscape"||browser=="Microsoft Internet Explorer") && (version>=4)) {alert("Your browser is good enough!")} else {alert("It's time to upgrade your browser!")} }

Simple Timing function timedMsg() { var t=setTimeout("alert('5 seconds!')",5000) } Click on the button above. An alert box will be displayed after 5 seconds.

Simple Timing..II function timedText() { var t1=setTimeout("document.getElementById('txt').value='2 seconds!'",2000) var t2=setTimeout("document.getElementById('txt').value='4 seconds!'",4000) var t3=setTimeout("document.getElementById('txt').value='6 seconds!'",6000) } Click on the button above. The input field will tell you when two, four, and six seconds have passed.

Timing event in an infinite loop var c=0 var t function timedCount() { document.getElementById('txt').value=c c=c+1 t=setTimeout("timedCount()",1000) } Click on the button above. The input field will count for ever, starting at 0.

Timing event in an infinite loop - with a Stop button var c=0 var t function timedCount() { document.getElementById('txt').value=c c=c+1 t=setTimeout("timedCount()",1000) } function stopCount() { clearTimeout(t) } Click on the "Start count!" button above to start the timer. The input field will count forever, starting at 0. Click on the "Stop count!" button to stop the counting.

Time function startTime() { var today=new Date() var h=today.getHours() var m=today.getMinutes() var s=today.getSeconds() // add a zero in front of numbers<10 m=checkTime(m) s=checkTime(s) document.getElementById('txt').innerHTML=h+":"+m+":"+s t=setTimeout('startTime()',500) } function checkTime(i) { if (i<10) {i="0" + i} return i }