global

 The global methods and properties.

QuickLinks

alert, confirm, decodeURI, decodeURIComponent, encodeURI, encodeURIComponent, escape, eval, isFinite, isNaN, isXMLName, localize, localize, parseFloat, parseInt, prompt, setDefaultXMLNamespace, unescape, uneval

Properties

Property	Type	Access	Description
Infinity	number	r/w	The Infinity global property is a predefined variable with the value for infinity.
NaN	number	r/w	The NaN global property is a predefined variable with the value NaN (Not-a-Number), as specified by the IEEE-754 standard.
undefined	Undefined	r/w	This global property is a predefined variable with the value for an undefined value.

Methods

void alert (message:string, title:string [, errorIcon:bool=false])
Displays an alert box

Parameter	Type	Description
message	string	The text to display
title	string	The title of the alert; ignored on the Macintosh
errorIcon	bool	Display an Error icon; ignored on the Macintosh (default: false)

bool confirm (message:string [, noAsDefault:bool=false], title:string)
Displays an alert box with Yes and No buttons; returns true for Yes

Parameter	Type	Description
message	string	The text to display
noAsDefault	bool	Set to true to set the No button as the default button (default: false)
title	string	The title of the alert; ignored on the Macintosh

string decodeURI (uri:string)
Decodes a string created with encodeURI().

Parameter	Type	Description
uri	string	The text to decode.

string decodeURIComponent (uri:string)
Decodes a string created with encodeURIComponent().

Parameter	Type	Description
uri	string	The text to decode.

string encodeURI (text:string)
Encodes a string after RFC2396.

Parameter	Type	Description
text	string	The text to encode.

string encodeURIComponent (text:string)
Encodes a string after RFC2396.

Parameter	Type	Description
text	string	The text to encode.

string escape (aString:string)
Creates a URL-encoded string from aString.

Parameter	Type	Description
aString	string	The string to be encoded.

any eval (stringExpression:string)
Evaluates its argument as a JavaScript script, and returns the result of evaluation.

Parameter	Type	Description
stringExpression	string	The string to evaluate.

bool isFinite (expression:number)
Evaluates an expression and reports whether the result is a finite number.

Parameter	Type	Description
expression	number	Any valid JavaScript expression.

bool isNaN (expression:number)
Evaluates an expression and reports whether the result is "Not-a-Number" (NaN).

Parameter	Type	Description
expression	number	Any valid JavaScript expression.

bool isXMLName (name:string)
Returns true is the supplied string is a valid XML name.

Parameter	Type	Description
name	string	The XML name to test.

string localize (what:string, argument:any)
Localizes a ZString-encoded string and merges additional arguments into the string.

Parameter	Type	Description
what	string	The string to localize. A ZString-encoded string that can contain placeholder for additional arguments in the form %1 to %n.
argument	any	Optional argument(s) to be merged into the string.

string localize (what:string, argument:any)
Localizes a ZString-encoded string and merges additional arguments into the string.

Parameter	Type	Description
what	string	The string to localize. A ZString-encoded string that can contain placeholder for additional arguments in the form %1 to %n.
argument	any	Optional argument(s) to be merged into the string.

number parseFloat (text:string)
Extracts a floating-point number from a string.

Parameter	Type	Description
text	string	The string from which to extract a floating point number.

number parseInt (text:string, base:number)
Extracts an integer from a string.

Parameter	Type	Description
text	string	The string from which to extract an integer.
base	number	The base of the string to parse (from base 2 to base 36).

string prompt (prompt:string, default:string, title:string)
Displays a dialog allowing the user to enter text

Parameter	Type	Description
prompt	string	The text to display
default	string	The default text to preset the edit field with
title	string	The title of the dialog;

void setDefaultXMLNamespace (namespace:Namespace)
Defines the default XML namespace.

Parameter	Type	Description
namespace	Namespace	The namespace to use.

string unescape (stringExpression:string)
Translates URL-encoded string into a regular string, and returns that string.

Parameter	Type	Description
stringExpression	string	The URL-encoded string to convert.

string uneval (what:any)
Creates a source code representation of the supplied argument, and returns it as a string.

Parameter	Type	Description
what	any	The object to uneval.

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