String.prototype.sub()

The sub() method creates a <sub> HTML element that causes a string to be displayed as subscript.

Syntax

str.sub()

Return value

A string containing a <sub> HTML element.

Description

The sub() method embeds a string in a <sub> tag: "<sub>str</sub>".

Examples

Using sub() and sup() methods

The following example uses the sub() and sup() methods to format a string:

var superText = 'superscript'; 
var subText = 'subscript'; 
console.log('This is what a ' + superText.sup() + ' looks like.'); 
// This is what a <sup>superscript</sup> looks like 
console.log('This is what a ' + subText.sub() + ' looks like.'); 
// This is what a <sub>subscript</sub> looks like.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

See also

• String.prototype.sup()