CoffeeScript - Strings

The String object lets you work with a series of characters. As in most of the programming languages, the Strings in CoffeeScript are declared using quotes as −

my_string = "Hello how are you"
console.log my_string

On compiling, it will generate the following JavaScript code.

// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.10.0
(function() {
  var my_string;

  my_string = "Hello how are you";

  console.log(my_string);

}).call(this);

String Concatenation

We can concatenate two strings using the "+" symbol as shown below.

new_string = "Hello how are you "+"Welcome to Howcodex"
console.log new_String

On compiling, it will generate the following JavaScript code.

// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.10.0
(function() {
  var new_string;

  new_string = "Hello how are you " + "Welcome to Howcodex";

  console.log(new_String);

}).call(this);

If you execute the above example, you can observe the concatenated String as shown below.

Hello how are you Welcome to Howcodex

String Interpolation

CoffeeScript also provides a feature known as String interpolation to include variables in stings. This feature of CoffeeScript was inspired from Ruby language.

String interpolation was done using the double quotes "", a hash tag # and a pair of curly braces { }. The String is declared in double quotes and the variable that is to be interpolated is wrapped within the curly braces which are prefixed by a hash tag as shown below.

name = "Raju"
age = 26
message ="Hello #{name} your age is #{age}"
console.log message

On compiling the above example, it generates the following JavaScript. Here you can observe the String interpolation is converted into normal concatenation using the + symbol.

// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.10.0
(function() {
  var age, message, name;

  name = "Raju";

  age = 26;

  message = "Hello " + name + " your age is " + age;

  console.log(message);

}).call(this);

If you execute the above CoffeeScript code, it gives you the following output.

Hello Raju your age is 26

The variable that is passed as #{variable} is interpolated only if the string is enclosed between double quotes " ". Using single quotes ' ' instead of double quotes produces the line as it is without interpolation. Consider the following example.

name = "Raju"
age = 26
message ='Hello #{name} your age is #{age}'
console.log message

If we use single quotes instead of double quotes in interpolation, you will get the following output.

Hello #{name} your age is #{age}

CoffeeScript allows multiple lines in Strings without concatenating them as shown below.

my_string = "hello how are you
Welcome to howcodex
Have a nice day."
console.log my_string

It generates the following output.

hello how are you Welcome to howcodex Have a nice day.

JavaScript String Object

The String object of JavaScript lets you work with a series of characters. This object provides you a lot of methods to perform various operations on Stings.

Since we can use JavaScript libraries in our CoffeeScript code, we can use all those methods in our CoffeeScript programs.

String Methods

Following is the list of methods of the String object of JavaScript. Click on the name of these methods to get an example demonstrating their usage in CoffeeScript.