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sup method Causes the calling string object to be displayed as a superscript by surrounding it with HTML superscript tags, <SUP>... <SUP> Syntax sup() Description xxx Description to be supplied. Applies to string Examples xxx Examples to be supplied. See also sub method ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tan method Returns the tangent of its argument. The argument is in radians. Syntax tan(arg) Applies to Math Examples xxx Examples to be supplied. See also acos, asin, atan, cos, sin methods ------------------------------------------------------------------------ toGMTString method Syntax dateObj.toGMTString() where dateObj is a date object. Description Converts a date to a String, using the Internet GMT conventions. Applies to Date Examples today.toGMTString() If today is a date object, then toGMTString would convert the date to GMT (UTC) using the operating system's time zone offset, and return a string value in the following form: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 17:28:35 GMT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ toLocaleString method Syntax dateObj.toLocaleString() where dateObj is a date object. Description Converts a date to a String, using the locale conventions. Applies to Date Examples today.toLocaleString() If today is a date object, then toLocaleString will return a string value in the following form: 12/18/95 17:28:35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ toLowerCase method The toLowerCase method of string objects converts the string to all upper case. Syntax toLowerCase() Description xxx Description to be supplied. Applies to string Examples For example, "ALPHABET"toLowerCase yields "alphabet" See also toUpperCase method ------------------------------------------------------------------------ toString method For location, returns location.href, so you can use location as a string without typing "href" For Date, converts a date to a string. Syntax toString() Description xxx Description to be supplied. Applies to location, Date methods Examples Here is an example of using toString with a date object, assuming theBigDay is a date object: theBigDay.toString() More Examples to be supplied. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ toUpperCase method The toUpperCase method of string objects converts the string to all upper case. Syntax toUpperCase() Description xxx Description to be supplied. Applies to string Examples For example, "alphabet"toUpperCase yields "ALPHABET" See also toLowerCase method ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UTC method Syntax Date.UTC(year, month, mday [, hrs] [, min] [, sec]) Description UTC takes comma-delimited date parameters and returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 00:00:00, Universal Coordinated Time (GMT). The arameters are: ΓÇóyear - a year after 1900 ΓÇómonth - a month between 0-11 ΓÇódate - day of the month between 1-31 ΓÇóhrs - hours between 0-23 ΓÇómin - minutes between 0-59 ΓÇósec - seconds between 0-59 UTC is a static method of Date. That means that you always use it as Date.UTC(), rather than as a method of a date object you created. Applies to Date Examples The following statement creates a date object using GMT instead of local time: gmtDate = new Date(Date.UTC(96, 11, 1, 0, 0, 0)) See also parse method ------------------------------------------------------------------------ write method Write HTML to the current window, in sequence with the HTML containing this SCRIPT. SCRIPTs have no effect on paragraphs or other structures in which they may occur. Syntax write() Description xxx Description to be supplied. Applies to document Examples xxx Examples to be supplied. See also writeln method ------------------------------------------------------------------------ writeln method The same as write(), but adds a newline character. Note that this affects only preformatted text (inside a <PRE>or <XMP>tag). Syntax writeln() Description xxx Description to be supplied. Applies to document Examples xxx Examples to be supplied. See also write method