JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

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name attribute

     <embed> tag

     <frame> tag

     <img> tag 2nd

     checkbox elements

     elements within a form

     form elements

     radio elements

name property 2nd

     form elements

     Image object

     Plugin object

     Window object

name resolution, variables 2nd

names

     browser

     classes and objects

     CSS style attributes, naming in JavaScript

     document elements

    function

         modules and

         naming functions

         unnamed functions 2nd

     HTML API, DOM standard

     identifiers in JavaScript

     windows and frames

namespaces

     call object as

     closures as private namespace

     creating

         adding symbol to global namespace

         based on domain name

     document elements

     E4X and

     importing symbols from

         public and private symbols

     module utilities for

     removing attributes

     SVG

         SVG.ns constant

     VML

     XPath

namespaceURI property

NaN (not-a-number) 2nd 3rd 4th

     0/0, yielding

     comparing values for identity

     comparison of values

     constants

     conversions to other datatypes

     isNaN( ) function

     string to number conversions

navigation bar in a frame (example)

Navigator object 2nd

     browser vendor and version properties

navigator property (Window) 2nd

negating character class elements

negative infinity (-Infinity) 2nd 3rd

     conversions to other datatypes

negative lookahead assertion (regular expressions) 2nd

NEGATIVE_INFINITY constant

nested dynamic elements

nesting

     array literals

     arrays

     functions

         nested functions as closures

         scope chain

     if statements with else clauses

     object literals

Netscape

     browser war with Microsoft

     DOM

     web servers, JavaScript interpreter

new Array( ) function

new operator 2nd 3rd 4th

     constructor function, using with

     creating instances of Java classes

     creating objects

     creating String objects

     prototype of object, setting

newDocument( ) function (XML)

\n (newline)

newlines

     \n, in strings 2nd

     break statements and

     in JavaScript programs

newRequest( ) method

nextSibling property 2nd

     Node object

Node interface 2nd

     attributes[ ] array

     properties 2nd

NodeList interface 2nd

nodeName property

nodes

     Attr

     convenience methods for creating

     converting Text node data to uppercase

     creating and adding to documents

     creating Element and Text nodes

     dispatchEvent method

     DocumentFragment

     DOM tree representation of HTML document

     finding element children and sorting them alphabetically

     HTMLElement, innerHTML property

     moving within document tree

     related to target node of event

     reparenting (example)

     traversing

     types of

nodeType property 2nd 3rd

nodeValue property

\S (non-Unicode whitespace characters)

nonalphanumeric characters in regular expressions

nongreedy repetition (regular expressions)

nonprinting function keys

\B (nonword boundary) metacharacter

nonword boundary (\B) metacharacter

\W (nonword metacharacter) 2nd

<noscript> tag

NOT operator

     ! (logical NOT) 2nd

     ~ (bitwise NOT)

null (keyword)

null datatype

     conversions to other datatypes

     converting between Java and JavaScript

     identity comparisons

Number object

     constants

     number-to-string conversion methods

     toLocaleString( ) method

numbers 2nd

     binary

     comparing by value

     complex, defining class for

     conversions to other datatypes

     converting objects to 2nd

     converting to strings

     copying, passing, and comparing by value

     floating-point 2nd

     hexadecimal and octal literals

     in identifiers, rules for use

     Infinity, NaN, and Number values

     integer literals

     Java, conversion to/from JavaScript

     Java-to-JavaScript conversions 2nd

     JavaScript-to-Java conversions

     manipulation by value

     NaN

     null values

     Number class

     operations on

     undefined values

numeric literals