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basic-javascript-04-ch4-examp1.htm / htm
<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
function checkCharType(charToCheck)
{
var returnValue = "O";
var charCode = charToCheck.charCodeAt(0);
if (charCode >= "A".charCodeAt(0) && charCode <= "Z".charCodeAt(0))
{
returnValue = "U";
}
else if (charCode >= "a".charCodeAt(0) && charCode <= "z".charCodeAt(0))
{
returnValue = "L";
}
else if (charCode >= "0".charCodeAt(0) && charCode <= "9".charCodeAt(0))
{
returnValue = "N";
}
return returnValue;
}
</script>
<head>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
var myString = prompt("Enter some text","Hello World!");
switch (checkCharType(myString))
{
case "U":
document.write("First character was upper case");
break;
case "L":
document.write("First character was lower case");
break;
case "N":
document.write("First character was a number");
break;
default:
document.write("First character was not a character or a number");
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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20/2/2008
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