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@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ let double = "double-quoted";
let backticks = `backticks`;
```
Single and double quotes are essentially the same. Backticks however allow us to embed any expression into the string, including function calls:
Single and double quotes are essentially the same. Backticks, however, allow us to embed any expression into the string, including function calls:
```js run
function sum(a, b) {
@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Examples with unicode:
```js run
alert( "\u00A9" ); // ©
alert( "\u{20331}" ); // 佫, a rare chinese hieroglyph (long unicode)
alert( "\u{1F60D}"); // 😍, a smiling face symbol (another long unicode)
alert( "\u{1F60D}" ); // 😍, a smiling face symbol (another long unicode)
```
All special characters start with a backslash character `\`. It is also called an "escape character".
@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ alert( str.charAt(1000) ); // '' (an empty string)
We can also iterate over characters using `for..of`:
```js run
for(let char of "Hello") {
for (let char of "Hello") {
alert(char); // H,e,l,l,o (char becomes "H", then "e", then "l" etc)
}
```
@ -379,8 +379,8 @@ There are 3 methods in JavaScript to get a substring: `substring`, `substr` and
```js run
let str = "stringify";
alert( str.slice(0,5) ); // 'strin', the substring from 0 to 5 (not including 5)
alert( str.slice(0,1) ); // 's', from 0 to 1, but not including 1, so only character at 0
alert( str.slice(0, 5) ); // 'strin', the substring from 0 to 5 (not including 5)
alert( str.slice(0, 1) ); // 's', from 0 to 1, but not including 1, so only character at 0
```
If there is no second argument, then `slice` goes till the end of the string:
@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ For instance:
alert( 'Österreich'.localeCompare('Zealand') ); // -1
```
This method actually has two additional arguments specified in [the documentation](mdn:js/String/localeCompare), which allow it to specify the language (by default taken from the environment) and setup additional rules like case sensivity or should `"a"` and `"á"` be treated as the same etc.
This method actually has two additional arguments specified in [the documentation](mdn:js/String/localeCompare), which allows it to specify the language (by default taken from the environment) and setup additional rules like case sensitivity or should `"a"` and `"á"` be treated as the same etc.
## Internals, Unicode