JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

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L (left-to-right associativity)

<label> tag

     for attribute

label property

labels, statement

     for and break statements

lambda functions 2nd

lang property 2nd

language attribute (<script>)

last character of strings, getting

lastChild property 2nd

     Node object

lastIndex property

     RegExp object

     String object methods and

lastIndexOf( ) method (Array)

lastModified property

     Document object

     HTMLDocument object

Latin-1 character set, hexadecimal representation, escape sequences

Layer object

layers, DOM

< (left angle bracket)

     <!-- introducing comment at beginning of a script

     << (left shift) operator 2nd

     <<= (assignment) operator 2nd

     <= (less than or equal) operator 2nd

         object datatype conversion

         string comparisons

     less than operator 2nd

         object datatype conversion

         string comparisons

left attribute 2nd

left-to-right associativity (L)

length property 2nd 3rd 4th

     Arguments object 2nd

     arguments[ ] array

     arrays 2nd 3rd

         looping through array elements

         truncating and enlarging arrays

     functions

     HTMLFormElement interface

     JavaScript and Java strings

     Plugin object

     String object

     strings

length type (CSS)

letters, in identifier names

levels, DOM 2nd

lexical scoping

     functions shared between frames or windows

     nested functions and

lexical structure, JavaScript

     case sensitivity

     comments

     identifiers

     keywords

     literals

     semicolons, omitting between statements

     Unicode character set

     whitespace and line breaks

lifetime

     cookies 2nd

     Window object and its properties

line breaks

     escape sequences and

<link> tag

     disabled property

     including CSS stylesheet into HTML page

     specifying alternate stylesheet

Link object

     event handlers

     onclick method

     onclick property

     properties corresponding to <a> and <area> tag attributes

     properties, URL-related

links

     buttons vs.

     cross-site scripting

     HTML

     links[ ] property

     obscuring destination of

     preventing browser from displaying URL

     properties corresponding to HTML tag attributes

     user confirmation for following

links[ ] property

listanchors( ) function

listeners for events

literals

     array

     floating-point

     function 2nd

     hexadecimal and octal

     in expressions

     integer

     numeric

     object 2nd

     regular expression 2nd

     string

LiveConnect

     creating Java objects in JavaScript code

     data conversions

     implementing Java interfaces

     Java objects, instantiating and using with JavaScript

     JavaArray class

     JavaPackage class

load( ) method (XML)

loadXML( ) method (Document)

local scope

local time 2nd 3rd

     GMT or UTC, difference from

local variables

     call object

localeCompare( ) method (String)

localization

     arrays, string representation of

     date and time

     numbers, formatting for locales

     objects, string representation of 2nd 3rd

    strings

         to lowercase letters

         to uppercase letters

localName property

Location object 2nd 3rd 4th

     hash property

     href property

     methods

     properties

     replace( ) method

location property

     Document object 2nd

     HTMLDocument interface

     Window object 2nd 3rd

         assigning URL to

         initiating HTTP requests

logging facility for client-side JavaScript (example)

logical operators

     AND (&&)

     NOT (!)

     OR (||)

lookahead assertions (regular expressions) 2nd

loops

     continue statement and

     do/while

     exiting with break statement

     for

     for/each/in

     for/in

         enumerating object properties

         using in debugging

         using with associative arrays

     identifiers

     incrementing counter that controls

     labeling

     while

lvalues