javascript cheat sheet


Javascript cheat sheet

If - Else

If - Else⇵
if ((age >= 14) && (age < 19)) {        // logical condition
status = "Eligible.";               // executed if condition is true
} else {                                // else block is optional
status = "Not eligible.";           // executed if condition is false
}

Switch Statement

switch (new Date().getDay()) {      // input is current day
case 6:                         // if (day == 6)
	text = "Saturday";          
	break;
case 0:                         // if (day == 0)
	text = "Sunday";
	break;
default:                        // else...
	text = "Whatever";
} 

Basics ➤

On page script

<script type="text/javascript">  ...
</script>

Include external JS file

<script src="filename.js"></script>

Delay - 1 second timeout

setTimeout(function () {

}, 1000);

Functions

function addNumbers(a, b) {
return a + b; ;
}
x = addNumbers(1, 2);

Edit DOM element

document.getElementById("elementID").innerHTML = "Hello World!";

Output

console.log(a);             // write to the browser console
document.write(a);          // write to the HTML
alert(a);                   // output in an alert box
confirm("Really?");         // yes/no dialog, returns true/false depending on user click
prompt("Your age?","0");    // input dialog. Second argument is the initial value

Comments

/* Multi line
comment */
// One line

Data Types

var age = 18;                           // number 
var name = "Jane";                      // string
var name = {first:"Jane", last:"Doe"};  // object
var truth = false;                      // boolean
var sheets = ["HTML","CSS","JS"];       // array
var a; typeof a;                        // undefined
var a = null;                           // value null

Objects

var student = {                 // object name
firstName:"Jane",           // list of properties and values
lastName:"Doe",
age:18,
height:170,
fullName : function() {     // object function
   return this.firstName + " " + this.lastName;
}
}; 
student.age = 19;           // setting value
student[age]++;             // incrementing
name = student.fullName();  // call object function

Loops↶

For Loop

for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
document.write(i + ": " + i*3 + "<br />");
}
var sum = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
sum + = a[i];
}               // parsing an array
html = "";
for (var i of custOrder) {
html += "<li>" + i + "</li>";
}

While Loop

var i = 1;                      // initialize
while (i < 100) {               // enters the cycle if statement is true
i *= 2;                     // increment to avoid infinite loop
document.write(i + ", ");   // output
}

Do While Loop

var i = 1;                      // initialize
do {                            // enters cycle at least once
i *= 2;                     // increment to avoid infinite loop
document.write(i + ", ");   // output
} while (i < 100)               // repeats cycle if statement is true at the end

Break

for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
if (i == 5) { break; }          // stops and exits the cycle
document.write(i + ", ");       // last output number is 4
}

Continue

for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
if (i == 5) { continue; }       // skips the rest of the cycle
document.write(i + ", ");       // skips 5
}

Strings

var abc = "1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST";
var esc = 'I don\'t \n know';   // \n new line
var len = abc.length;           // string length
abc.indexOf("lmno");            // find substring, -1 if doesn't contain 
abc.lastIndexOf("lmno");        // last occurance
abc.slice(3, 6);                // cuts out "def", negative values count from behind
abc.replace("abc","123");       // find and replace, takes regular expressions
abc.toUpperCase();              // convert to upper case
abc.toLowerCase();              // convert to lower case
abc.concat(" ", str2);          // abc + " " + str2
abc.charAt(2);                  // character at index: "c"
abc[2];                         // unsafe, abc[2] = "C" doesn't work
abc.charCodeAt(2);              // character code at index: "c" -> 99
abc.split(",");                 // splitting a string on commas gives an array
abc.split("");                  // splitting on characters
128.toString(16);               // number to hex(16), octal (8) or binary (2)

Events🕖

<button onclick="myFunction();">
Click here
</button>

Mouse

onclick, oncontextmenu, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseenter, onmouseleave, onmousemove, onmouseover, onmouseout, onmouseup

Keyboard

onkeydown, onkeypress, onkeyup

Frame

onabort, onbeforeunload, onerror, onhashchange, onload, onpageshow, onpagehide, onresize, onscroll, onunload

Form

onblur, onchange, onfocus, onfocusin, onfocusout, oninput, oninvalid, onreset, onsearch, onselect, onsubmit

Drag

ondrag, ondragend, ondragenter, ondragleave, ondragover, ondragstart, ondrop

Clipboard

oncopy, oncut, onpaste

Media

onabort, oncanplay, oncanplaythrough, ondurationchange, onended, onerror, onloadeddata, onloadedmetadata, onloadstart, onpause, onplay, onplaying, onprogress, onratechange, onseeked, onseeking, onstalled, onsuspend, ontimeupdate, onvolumechange, onwaiting

Animation

animationend, animationiteration, animationstart

Miscellaneous

transitionend, onmessage, onmousewheel, ononline, onoffline, onpopstate, onshow, onstorage, ontoggle, onwheel, ontouchcancel, ontouchend, ontouchmove, ontouchstart

Regular Expressions

var a = str.search(/CheatSheet/i);

Modifiers

i perform case-insensitive matching
g perform a global match
m perform multiline matching

Patterns

Patterns
\ Escape character
\d find a digit
\s find a whitespace character
\b find match at beginning or end of a word
n+ contains at least one n
n* contains zero or more occurrences of n
n? contains zero or one occurrences of n
^ Start of string
$ End of string
\uxxxx find the Unicode character
. Any single character
(a|b) a or b
(…) Group section
[abc] In range (a, b or c)
[0-9] any of the digits between the brackets
[^abc] Not in range
\s White space
a? Zero or one of a
a* Zero or more of a
a?* Zero or more, ungreedy
a+ One or more of a
a+? One or more, ungreedy
a{2} Exactly 2 of a
a{2,} 2 or more of a
a{,5} Up to 5 of a
a{2,5} 2 to 5 of a
a{2,5}? 2 to 5 of a, ungreedy
[:punct:] Any punctu­ation symbol
[:space:] Any space character
[:blank:] Space or tab

Promises Þ

function sum (a, b) {
return Promise(function (resolve, reject) { 
 setTimeout(function () {                                       // send the response after 1 second
   if (typeof a !== "number" || typeof b !== "number") {        // testing input types
	 return reject(new TypeError("Inputs must be numbers"));
   }
   resolve(a + b);
 }, 1000);
});
}
var myPromise = sum(10, 5);
myPromsise.then(function (result) {
document.write(" 10 + 5: ", result);
return sum(null, "foo");              // Invalid data and return another promise
}).then(function () {                   // Won't be called because of the error
}).catch(function (err) {               // The catch handler is called instead, after another second
console.error(err);                   // => Please provide two numbers to sum.
});

States

pending, fulfilled, rejected

Properties

Promise.length, Promise.prototype

Methods

Promise.all(iterable), Promise.race(iterable), Promise.reject(reason), Promise.resolve(value)

Variables

var a;                          // variable
var b = "init";                 // string
var c = "Hi" + " " + "Joe";     // = "Hi Joe"
var d = 1 + 2 + "3";            // = "33"
var e = [2,3,5,8];              // array
var f = false;                  // boolean
var g = /()/;                   // RegEx
var h = function(){};           // function object
const PI = 3.14;                // constant
var a = 1, b = 2, c = a + b;    // one line
let z = 'zzz';                  // block scope local variable

Strict mode

"use strict";   // Use strict mode to write secure code
x = 1;          // Throws an error because variable is not declared

Values

false, true                     // boolean
18, 3.14, 0b10011, 0xF6, NaN    // number
"flower", 'John'                // string
undefined, null , Infinity      // special

Operators

a = b + c - d;      // addition, substraction
a = b * (c / d);    // multiplication, division
x = 100 % 48;       // modulo. 100 / 48 remainder = 4
a++; b--;           // postfix increment and decrement

Bitwise operators

& AND 5 & 1 (0101 & 0001) 1 (1)
| OR 5 | 1 (0101 | 0001) 5 (101)
~ NOT ~ 5 (~0101) 10 (1010)
^ XOR 5 ^ 1 (0101 ^ 0001) 4 (100)
« left shift 5 « 1 (0101 « 1) 10 (1010)
» right shift 5 » 1 (0101 » 1) 2 (10)
»> zero fill right shift 5 »> 1 (0101 »> 1) 2 (10)

Arithmetic

a * (b + c)         // grouping
person.age          // member
person[age]         // member
!(a == b)           // logical not
a != b              // not equal
typeof a            // type (number, object, function...)
x << 2  x >> 3      // minary shifting
a = b               // assignment
a == b              // equals
a != b              // unequal
a === b             // strict equal
a !== b             // strict unequal
a < b   a > b       // less and greater than
a <= b  a >= b      // less or equal, greater or eq
a += b              // a = a + b (works with - * %...)
a && b              // logical and
a || b              // logical or

Arrays

var dogs = ["Bulldog", "Beagle", "Labrador"]; 
var dogs = new Array("Bulldog", "Beagle", "Labrador");  // declaration

alert(dogs[1]);             // access value at index, first item being [0]
dogs[0] = "Bull Terier";    // change the first item

for (var i = 0; i < dogs.length; i++) {     // parsing with array.length
console.log(dogs[i]);
}

Methods

dogs.toString();                        // convert to string: results "Bulldog,Beagle,Labrador"
dogs.join(" * ");                       // join: "Bulldog * Beagle * Labrador"
dogs.pop();                             // remove last element
dogs.push("Chihuahua");                 // add new element to the end
dogs[dogs.length] = "Chihuahua";        // the same as push
dogs.shift();                           // remove first element
dogs.unshift("Chihuahua");              // add new element to the beginning
delete dogs[0];                         // change element to undefined (not recommended)
dogs.splice(2, 0, "Pug", "Boxer");      // add elements (where, how many to remove, element list)
var animals = dogs.concat(cats,birds);  // join two arrays (dogs followed by cats and birds)
dogs.slice(1,4);                        // elements from [1] to [4-1]
dogs.sort();                            // sort string alphabetically
dogs.reverse();                         // sort string in descending order
x.sort(function(a, b){return a - b});   // numeric sort
x.sort(function(a, b){return b - a});   // numeric descending sort
highest = x[0];                         // first item in sorted array is the lowest (or highest) value
x.sort(function(a, b){return 0.5 - Math.random()});     // random order sort

concat, copyWithin, every, fill, filter, find, findIndex, forEach, indexOf, isArray, join, lastIndexOf, map, pop, push, reduce, reduceRight, reverse, shift, slice, some, sort, splice, toString, unshift, valueOf

Errors

try {                           // block of code to try
undefinedFunction();
}
catch(err) {                    // block to handle errors
console.log(err.message);
}

Throw error

throw "My error message";    // throw a text

Input validation

var x = document.getElementById("mynum").value; // get input value
try { 
if(x == "")  throw "empty";                 // error cases
if(isNaN(x)) throw "not a number";
x = Number(x);
if(x > 10)   throw "too high";
}
catch(err) {                                    // if there's an error
document.write("Input is " + err);          // output error
console.error(err);                         // write the error in console
}
finally {
document.write("</br />Done");              // executed regardless of the try / catch result
}

Error name values

RangeError A number is “out of range
ReferenceError An illegal reference has occurred
SyntaxError An encodeURI() error has occurred
TypeError A type error has occurred
URIError An encodeURI() error has occurred