2003 Prentice Hall, Inc. All rights reserved. CHAPTER 3 JavaScript 1

2003 Prentice Hall, Inc.All rights reserved.

CHAPTER 3

JavaScript

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Topics

• Introduction• Simple Program: Printing a Line of Text in a

Web Page• Obtaining User Input with Prompt Dialogs• Dynamic Welcome Page• Adding Integers• Memory Concepts• Arithmetic• Decision Making: Equality and Relational

Operators

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this lesson, students should be

able to:• Write simple JavaScript programs.• Use input and output statements.• Understand basic memory concepts.• Use arithmetic operators.• Understand the precedence of arithmetic operators.• Write decision-making statements.• Use relational and equality operators.

• What is JavaScript?– JavaScript was designed to add interactivity

to HTML pages – JavaScript is a scripting language A scripting

language is a lightweight programming language

– JavaScript is usually embedded directly into HTML pages

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• Are Java and JavaScript the same?– NO!– Java and JavaScript are two completely

different languages in both concept and design!

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• Some Browsers do Not Support JavaScript– To prevent them from doing this, and as a

part of the JavaScript standard, the HTML comment tag should be used to "hide" the JavaScript.

– Just add an HTML comment tag

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Introduction

• JavaScript scripting language– Enhances functionality and appearance– Client-side scripting

• Makes pages more dynamic and interactive

– Foundation for complex server-side scripting– Program development– Program control

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Simple Program: Printing a Line of Text in a Web Page

• Inline scripting– Written in the <body> of a document– <script> tag

• Indicate that the text is part of a script• type attribute

– Specifies the type of file and the scripting language use

• write method– Write a text in the document

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• Escape character ( \ )– Indicates “special” character is used in the string

• alert method– Dialog box

– The comment tags are used for browser that does not support JavaScript.

– The codes will not be displayed.

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1 <?xml version = "1.0"?>

2 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"

3 "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

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8 <html xmlns = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

9 <head>

10 <title>A First Program in JavaScript</title>

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12 <script type = "text/javascript">

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17 </script>

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19 </head><body></body>

20 </html>

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welcome2.html(1 of 1)




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9 <head>

10 <title>Printing a Line with Multiple Statements</title>

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18 </script>

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21 </html>


• Unlike writeln, write does not position the output cursor in the XHTML document at the beginning of the next line after writing its argument.

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• Display the numbers 1 to 4 on the same line, with each pair of adjacent numbers separated by one space.

Using document.write document.write("1 ");

document.write("2 ");



Using document.writeln document.writeln("1");

document.writeln("2");



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Spaces are needed


• Line 15-16- Represents one statement. Statements in Java are separated by semicolons(;).JavaScript allows large statements to be split over many lines by using + operator.

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welcome3.html1 of 1

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9 <head><title>Printing Multiple Lines</title>

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16 </script>

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19 </html>

welcome4.html1 of 1

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9 <head><title>Printing Multiple Lines in a Dialog Box</title>

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15 </script>

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17 </head>

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19 <body>

20 <p>Click Refresh (or Reload) to run this script again.</p>

21 </body>

22 </html>

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Escape sequence Description \n Newline. Position the screen cursor at the beginning of the next line.

\t Horizontal tab. Move the screen cursor to the next tab stop. \r Carriage return. Position the screen cursor to the beginning of the current

line; do not advance to the next line. Any characters output after the carriage return overwrite the characters previously output on that line.

\\ Backslash. Used to represent a backslash character in a string. \" Double quote. Used to represent a double quote character in a string

contained in double quotes. For example, window.alert( "\"in quotes\"" ); displays "in quotes" in an alert dialog.

\' Single quote. Used to represent a single quote character in a string. For example, window.alert( '\'in quotes\'' ); displays 'in quotes' in an alert dialog.

Fig. 7.5 Some common escape sequences.

Dynamic Welcome Page

• A script can adapt the content based on input from the user or other variables

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2 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"

3 "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">

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9 <head>

10 <title>Using Prompt and Alert Boxes</title>

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22 </script>

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24 </head>

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26 <body>


28 </body>

29 </html>

Dynamic Welcome Page

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Fig. 7.7 Prompt dialog displayed by the window object’s prompt method.

This is the promptto the user.

This is the default value that appears when the dialog opens.

This is the text field in which the user types the value.

When the user clicks OK, the value typed by the user is returned to the program as a string.

Adding Integers

• Prompt user for two integers and calculate the sum (Fig. 7.8)

• NaN (not a number)• parseInt

– Converts its string argument to an integer

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Addition.html(1 of 2)

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9 <head>

10 <title>An Addition Program</title>

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38 </script>

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40 </head>

41 <body>

42 <p>Click Refresh (or Reload) to run the script again</p>

43 </body>

44 </html>

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Memory Concepts

• Variable names correspond to locations in the computer’s memory.

• Every variable has a name, a type, and a value.

• Read value from a memory location.

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Memory Concepts

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number1 45

Fig. 7.9 Memory location showing the name and value of variable number1.

Memory Concepts

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number1 45

number2 72

Fig. 7.10 Memory locations after values for variables number1 and number2 have been input.

Memory Concepts

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number1 45

number2 72

sum 117

Fig. 7.11 Memory locations after calculating the sum of number1 and number2.

Arithmetic

• Many scripts perform arithmetic calculations– Expressions in JavaScript must be written in

straight-line form

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Arithmetic

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JavaScript operation

Arithmetic operator

Algebraic expression

JavaScript expression

Addition + f + 7 f + 7

Subtraction - p – c p - c

Multiplication * bm b * m

Division / x / y or or x y x / y

Remainder % r mod s r % s

Fig. 7.12 Arithmetic operators.

Operator(s) Operation(s) Order of evaluation (precedence) *, / or % Multiplication

Division Modulus

Evaluated second. If there are several such operations, they are evaluated from left to right.

+ or - Addition Subtraction

Evaluated last. If there are several such operations, they are evaluated from left to right.

Fig. 7.13 Precedence of arithmetic operators.

xy--

Arithmetic

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y = 2 * 5 * 5 + 3 * 5 + 7;

2 * 5 is 10 (Leftmost multiplication)

y = 10 * 5 + 3 * 5 + 7;

10 * 5 is 50 (Leftmost multiplication)

y = 50 + 3 * 5 + 7;

3 * 5 is 15 (Multiplication before addition)

y = 50 + 15 + 7;

50 + 15 is 65 (Leftmost addition)

y = 65 + 7;

65 + 7 is 72 (Last addition)

y = 72; (Last operation—place 72 into y )

Step 1.

Step 2.

Step 5.

Step 3.

Step 4.

Step 6.

Fig. 7.14 Order in which a second-degree polynomial is evaluated.

Decision Making: Equality and Relational Operators

• Decision based on the truth or falsity of a condition– Equality operators– Relational operators

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Standard algebraic equality operator or relational operator

JavaScript equality or relational operator

Sample JavaScript condition

Meaning of JavaScript condition

Equality operators = == x == y x is equal to y != x != y x is not equal to y Relational operators > > x > y x is greater than y < < x < y x is less than y >= x >= y x is greater than or

equal to y <= x <= y x is less than or

equal to y Fig. 7.15 Equality and relational operators.


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Operators Associativity Type * / % left to right multiplicative + - left to right additive < <= > >= left to right relational == != left to right equality = right to left assignment Fig. 7.17 Precedence and associativity of the

operators discussed so far.


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2 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"

3 "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">

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9 <head>

10 <title>Using Relational Operators</title>

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43 </script>

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45 </head>

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47 <body>


49 </body>

50 </html>

Sample Program 1

Write a script that gets from the user the radius of a circle and outputs

XHTML text that displays the circle’s diameter, circumference and

area. Use the constant value 3.14159 for PI. [Note: You may also use

the predefined constant Math.PI for the value of PI. This constant is

more precise than the value 3.14159. The Math object is defined by

Java-Script and provides many common mathematical capabilities.]

Use the following formulas (r is the radius):

diameter = 2r, circumference = 2PIr, area = PIr2.

INPUT: radius of a circle

OUTPUT: circle’s diameter, circumference and area

RELEVANT FORMULA: PI= 3.14159

diameter = 2r, circumference = 2PIr, area = PIr2

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Application of JavaScript

• There are two parts of an HTML document; <head> and <body>.

• JavaScript scripts can appear in either part of a document, depending on their purpose.

• Scripts that produce content only when requested or that react to user interactions are placed in the head of the document.

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• Example: function definitions and code associated with form elements, such as buttons.

• Scripts that are to be interpreted just once, when the interpreter finds them, are placed in the document body.

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• Example: Simple CalculatorSource: http://dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex11/cal.htm

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• Example: Text Area Max Length ScriptSource: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex16/maxlength.htm

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• Example: Form validation (Source: http://www.w3schools.com/jS/js_form_validation.asp)

• JavaScript can be used to validate data in HTML forms before sending off the content to a server.

• Form data that typically are checked by a JavaScript could be:– has the user left required fields empty? – has the user entered a valid e-mail address? – has the user entered a valid date? – has the user entered text in a numeric field?

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Web Resources

• http://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp• http://wp.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/3.0/handbook/

javascript/index.html• http://webdeveloper.com/javascript/

javascript_js_tutorial.html• http://www.hotscripts.com

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