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Tag Archives: javascript
JavaScript values, variables, and literals
Found myself reading about values, variables, and literals in JavaScript.
Array splice method
Found myself looking up the syntax of the Array splice method.
Text Escaping and Unescaping in JavaScript
Found a handy web-based utility for encoding/escaping text in JavaScript: Text Escaping and Unescaping in JavaScript.
Cloning a JavaScript object with jQuery
Today I heard from John Resig on StackOverflow about how to clone objects using jQuery:
// Shallow copy
var newObject = jQuery.extend({}, oldObject);
// Deep copy
var newObject = jQuery.extend(true, {}, oldObject);
Raphaël—JavaScript Library
Learning about the Raphaël—JavaScript Library. This can be used to do animations and drawing in HTML documents.
A Survey of the JavaScript Programming Language
I was just confirming my understanding that JavaScript numbers are 64-bit (i.e. double precision) floats on all platforms and I stumbled upon this old article from Douglas Crockford: A Survey of the JavaScript Programming Language.
JavaScript setTimeout
Found myself looking up the syntax for the JavaScript setTimeout function today.
New bcmod JavaScript function at jsphp.co
I was working on some code the other evening and found myself needing a version of PHP’s bcmod function in JavaScript. It wasn’t already available at jsphp.co so I implemented it and posted about it to the ProgClub programming list.
PHP str_pad
Found myself using the PHP function str_pad today to format a hex string as a six digit HTML/CSS colour code.
e.g.:
$code = str_pad( dechex( $rgb ), 6, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT );
The str_pad function is implemented in JavaScript at jsphp.co.