Arrays are used to store multiple values in a single variable.
Each value is called an element, and each element has a numeric position in the array, known as its index.
Arrays are zero-indexed, meaning the first element is at index 0, the second at index 1, and so on.
Arrays can contain any data type, including numbers, strings, and objects.
const arr1 = [2, 4, 6]; array
arr1[0]; element at index 0 → 2
arr1[1]; element at index 1 → 4
arr1[2]; element at index 2 → 6
arr1[3]; element at index 3 → undefined index not found
Strings are a sequence of zero or more characters written inside quotes used to represent text.
Strings may consist of letters, numbers, symbols, words, or sentences.
Strings are immutable, they cannot be changed.
Each character in a string has an index.
The first character will be index 0 the second character will be index 1 and so on.
There are two ways to access an individual character in a string.
charAt() method
const str1 = "abc"; string
str1.charAt(0); character at index 0 → "a"
str1.charAt(1); character at index 1 → "b"
str1.charAt(2); character at index 2 → "c"
str1.charAt(3); character at index 3 → "" index not found
Alternatively use at() or slice() methods
bracket notation []
const str2 = "abc"; string
str2[0]; character at index 0 → "a"
str2[1]; character at index 1 → "b"
str2[2]; character at index 2 → "c"
str2[3]; character at index 3 → undefined index not found
Convert array to upper or lower case using ↴
for loop → executes a block of code a number of times.
toLowerCase() method → returns the value of the string converted to lower case.
toUpperCase() method → returns the value of the string converted to upper case.
for loop repeatedly executes a block of code until a specified condition evaluates to false.
The loop runs a block of code a set number of times, defined by an initialization, a condition, and an increment.
for (let x = 0; x < 4; x++) {
console.log(x);
}
Loop variable x is initialized to 0
Condition x < 4 is checked before each iteration.
The loop will continue to run as long as x is less than 4
The loop repeatedly executes a block of code 4 times, from 0 to 3
For each iteration of the loop, the current value of x is printed to the console.
After each iteration, x is incremented by 1 x++
When x reaches 4 the condition evaluates to false, terminating the loop.
0
1
2
3 → printed to console
toLowerCase() method returns a new string with all letters converted to lower case. The original string is unchanged.
const str3 = "hELlo wORLd";
str3.toLowerCase(); returns ↴
"hello world" → lower case
toUpperCase() method returns a new string with all letters converted to upper case. The original string is unchanged.
const str4 = "hELlo wORLd";
str4.toUpperCase(); returns ↴
"HELLO WORLD" → uppercase
Initialize an array to convert case to lower or upper case.
const array1 = ["Apple", "baNaNa", "Cherry"]; → user input
Define a function convertArrCase() to convert array elements to lower or upper case.
function convertArrCase(arr) {}
The function takes an array as input arr and returns the array elements converted to lower or upper case. The original array is updated.
Loop through each element of the array.
for (let x = 0; x < arr.length; x++) {}
Convert current element arr[x] to lower case.
arr[x] = arr[x].toLowerCase()
Return the modified array.
return arr
To convert array elements to upper case ↴
toLowerCase() method is replaced with toUpperCase() method.
arr[x] = arr[x].toUpperCase()
Call the function with ↴
convertArrCase(array1);
Convert array elements to lower case.
const array1 = ["Apple", "baNaNa", "Cherry"];
function convertArrCase(arr) {
for (let x = 0; x < arr.length; x++) {
arr[x] = arr[x].toLowerCase();
}
return arr;
}
call function
convertArrCase(array1); returns ↴
["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
Convert array elements to upper case.
const array2 = ["Apple", "baNaNa", "Cherry"];
function convertArrCase2(arr) {
for (let x = 0; x < arr.length; x++) {
arr[x] = arr[x].toUpperCase();
}
return arr;
}
call function
convertArrCase2(array2); returns ↴
["APPLE", "BANANA", "CHERRY"]