JScript Language Tour
Like many other programming languages, Microsoft JScript scripts or programs are written in text format. Typically, a script or program is composed of many statements and comments. Within a statement, you can use variables, expressions, and literal data such as strings and numbers.
In This Section
- JScript Arrays
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Explains types of arrays and how to use them in JScript.
- JScript Assignments and Equality
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Explains how JScript assigns values to variables, array elements, and property elements and explains the equality syntax used by JScript.
- JScript Comments
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Illustrates how to use the proper JScript syntax to include comments in code.
- JScript Expressions
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Explains how to combine keywords, operators, variables, and literals to yield new values.
- JScript Identifiers
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Explains how to create valid names for identifiers in JScript.
- JScript Statements
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Provides an overview of the two basic units of instruction in JScript, declaration statements and executable statements.
- JScript Data Types
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Includes links to topics that explain how to use primitive data types, reference data types, and .NET Framework data types in JScript.
- JScript Variables and Constants
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Lists links to topics that explains how to declare variables and constants and how to use them to refer to objects.
- JScript Objects
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Provides a brief overview of objects and lists links that explain how to create and use objects in JScript.
- JScript Modifiers
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Explains how to use visibility modifiers, inheritance modifiers, version-safe modifiers, expando modifiers, and static modifiers.
- JScript Operators
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Lists the computational, logical, bitwise, assignment, and miscellaneous operators and provides links to information that explains how to use them efficiently.
- JScript Functions
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Describes the concept of functions and provides links to topics that explain how to use and create functions.
- Coercion in JScript
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Explains how the JScript compiler performs actions on values of different data types.
- Copying, Passing, and Comparing Data
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Explains how JScript copies, passes, and compares data when dealing with arrays, functions, objects, and so on.
- JScript Conditional Structures
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Describes how JScript normally handles program flow and provides links to information that explains how to regulate the flow of a program's execution.
- JScript Reserved Words (JScript)
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Explains the concept of reserved words and lists the reserved words in JScript.
- Security Considerations for JScript
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Explains how to avoid common security problems in JScript code.
