What is the difference between custom and built-in functions in JavaScript?
The custom functions in JavaScript are user-defined functions. JavaScript allows us to write our own functions. The following is the syntax −
Syntax
<script>
<!--
function functionname(parameter-list)
{
statements
}
//-->
</script>Bult-in functions are functions already provided by JavaScript library, for example, the following are string functions −
S. No
| Method & Description
|
|---|
1
| charAt()
Returns the character at the specified index.
|
2
| charCodeAt()
Returns a number indicating the Unicode value of the character at the given index.
|
3
| concat()
Combines the text of two strings and returns a new string.
|
4
| indexOf()
Returns the index within the calling String object of the first occurrence of the specified value, or -1 if not found.
|
Example
The following is an example of a built-in function in JavaScript to concatenate strings −
Live Demo
<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript String concat() Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script>
var str1 = new String( "This is string one" );
var str2 = new String( "This is string two" );
var str3 = str1.concat( str2 );
document.write("Concatenated String :" + str3);
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
Published on 23-Feb-2018 07:30:03
