Message
Warning: String.charAt is deprecated; use String.prototype.charAt instead Warning: String.charCodeAt is deprecated; use String.prototype.charCodeAt instead Warning: String.concat is deprecated; use String.prototype.concat instead Warning: String.contains is deprecated; use String.prototype.contains instead Warning: String.endsWith is deprecated; use String.prototype.endsWith instead Warning: String.includes is deprecated; use String.prototype.includes instead Warning: String.indexOf is deprecated; use String.prototype.indexOf instead Warning: String.lastIndexOf is deprecated; use String.prototype.lastIndexOf instead Warning: String.localeCompare is deprecated; use String.prototype.localeCompare instead Warning: String.match is deprecated; use String.prototype.match instead Warning: String.normalize is deprecated; use String.prototype.normalize instead Warning: String.replace is deprecated; use String.prototype.replace instead Warning: String.search is deprecated; use String.prototype.search instead Warning: String.slice is deprecated; use String.prototype.slice instead Warning: String.split is deprecated; use String.prototype.split instead Warning: String.startsWith is deprecated; use String.prototype.startsWith instead Warning: String.substr is deprecated; use String.prototype.substr instead Warning: String.substring is deprecated; use String.prototype.substring instead Warning: String.toLocaleLowerCase is deprecated; use String.prototype.toLocaleLowerCase instead Warning: String.toLocaleUpperCase is deprecated; use String.prototype.toLocaleUpperCase instead Warning: String.toLowerCase is deprecated; use String.prototype.toLowerCase instead Warning: String.toUpperCase is deprecated; use String.prototype.toUpperCase instead Warning: String.trim is deprecated; use String.prototype.trim instead Warning: String.trimLeft is deprecated; use String.prototype.trimLeft instead Warning: String.trimRight is deprecated; use String.prototype.trimRight instead
Error Type
Warning. JavaScript execution won't be halted.
What went wrong?
The non-standard generic String methods are deprecated and will be removed in the future (no cross-browser support, available in Firefox only). String generics provide String instance methods on the String object allowing String methods to be applied to any object.
Firefox bug 1222552 tracks the removal of String generic methods.
Examples
Deprecated syntax
var num = 15; String.replace(num, /5/, '2');
Standard syntax
var num = 15; String(num).replace(/5/, '2');
Shim
The following is a shim to provide support to non-supporting browsers:
/*globals define*/
// Assumes all supplied String instance methods already present
// (one may use shims for these if not available)
(function() {
'use strict';
var i,
// We could also build the array of methods with the following, but the
// getOwnPropertyNames() method is non-shimable:
// Object.getOwnPropertyNames(String).filter(function(methodName) {
// return typeof String[methodName] === 'function';
// });
methods = [
'contains', 'substring', 'toLowerCase', 'toUpperCase', 'charAt',
'charCodeAt', 'indexOf', 'lastIndexOf', 'startsWith', 'endsWith',
'trim', 'trimLeft', 'trimRight', 'toLocaleLowerCase', 'normalize',
'toLocaleUpperCase', 'localeCompare', 'match', 'search', 'slice',
'replace', 'split', 'substr', 'concat', 'localeCompare'
],
methodCount = methods.length,
assignStringGeneric = function(methodName) {
var method = String.prototype[methodName];
String[methodName] = function(arg1) {
return method.apply(arg1, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1));
};
};
for (i = 0; i < methodCount; i++) {
assignStringGeneric(methods[i]);
}
}());