Week: _2____________________ Name: _Joe Student ____
Assignment: JS Statements, Syntax, Comments, Operators Class: _CS 105-01 __ ___
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JS Statements
Programs A list of instructions called statements.
Statements Made up of Values, Operators, Expressions, Keywords, and Comments.
; Statements are separated by a ;
White Space JavaScript ignores white space.
Line Length and Breaks You can put a statement on multiple lines, but it is best to do it after an operator.
Code Blocks Code block starts with { and ends with }.
Code inside the block will be executed together.
Keywords Tells what action will be performed.
Some of the keywords are:
Keyword Description
break Terminates a switch or a loop
continue Jumps out of a loop and starts at the top
debugger Stops the execution of JavaScript, and calls (if available) the debugging function
do ... while Executes a block of statements, and repeats the block, while a condition is true
for Marks a block of statements to be executed, as long as a condition is true
function Declares a function
if ... else Marks a block of statements to be executed, depending on a condition
return Exits a function
switch Marks a block of statements to be executed, depending on different cases
try ... catch Implements error handling to a block of statements
var Declares a variable
Week: _2____________________ Name: _Joe Student ____
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JS Syntax
What is syntax? Syntax is a set of rules
var a; // declares a variable
a = 5; // assigns the value 5 to the variable a
b = a + 10; // performs calculation and assigns value to b
Values Two types: Literals and Variables
Literals Fixed like numbers or strings.
100
“Hello”
Variable Values are stored in variable.
Var is used to declare a variable
var z;
Operators = is used to assign a value to a variable
z = 5;
Used to compute values (+ - * /)
Expressions Combination of values, variables and operators that compute to a value.
Identifiers Identifiers are variable names, keywords, function names and labels.
Must start with a letter, _ or $
All other characters must be letters, numbers, _ or $
They are case sensitive
Examples:
underscore_style
UpperCamelCase
lowerCamelCase
Character set JS uses the Unicode character set
JavaScript Comments
Single line comments. Anything after a // is ignored by JS
Comments Multi-line comments. Anything between /* and */ is ignored by JS
Week: _2____________________ Name: _Joe Student ____
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JavaScript Operators
Arithmetic Operators
Operator Description
+ Addition
- Subtraction
* Multiplication
/ Division
% Modulus (Division Remainder)
++ Increment
-- Decrement
Assignment Operators Operator Example Same As
= x=y x=y
+= x += y x=x+y
-= x -= y x=x-y
*= x *= y x=x*y
/= x /= y x=x/y
%= x %= y x=x%y
+ will concatenate two strings
String Operators
txt1 = “David”
txt2 = “Jones”
txt3 = txt1 + “ “ + txt2
+= can also be used to concatenate without the need for a new variable.
Week: _2____________________ Name: _Joe Student ____
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Adding Strings and Adding a string and a number results in a string.
Numbers Adding a number and a string results in a number.
“10” + 6 => “106”
6 + “10” => 16
Comparison Operators Operator Description
== equal to
=== equal value and equal type
!= not equal
!== not equal value or not equal type
> greater than
< less than
>= greater than or equal to
<= less than or equal to
? ternary operator
Logical Operators
Operator Description
&& logical and
|| logical or
! logical not
