ToC Index

ECMAScript Spec: Table of Contents

• 1. Scope
• 2. Conformance
• 3. References
• 4. Overview
  • 4.1 Web Scripting
  • 4.2 Language Overview
    • 4.2.1 Objects
  • 4.3 Definitions
    • 4.3.1 Type
    • 4.3.2 Primitive Value
    • 4.3.3 Object
    • 4.3.4 Constructor
    • 4.3.5 Prototype
    • 4.3.6 Native Object
    • 4.3.7 Built-in Object
    • 4.3.8 Host Object
    • 4.3.9 Undefined Value
    • 4.3.10 Undefined Type
    • 4.3.11 Null Value
    • 4.3.12 Null Type
    • 4.3.13 Boolean Value
    • 4.3.14 Boolean Type
    • 4.3.15 Boolean Object
    • 4.3.16 String Value
    • 4.3.17 String Type
    • 4.3.18 String Object
    • 4.3.19 Number Value
    • 4.3.20 Number Type
    • 4.3.21 Number Object
    • 4.3.22 Infinity
    • 4.3.23 NaN
• 5. Notational Conventions
  • 5.1 Syntactic and Lexical Grammars
    • 5.1.1 Context-Free Grammars
    • 5.1.2 The Lexical and RegExp Grammars
    • 5.1.3 The Numeric String Grammar
    • 5.1.4 The Syntactic Grammar
    • 5.1.5 Grammar Notation
  • 5.2 Algorithm Conventions
• 6. Source Text
• 7. Lexical Conventions
  • 7.1 Unicode Format-Control Characters
  • 7.2 White Space
  • 7.3 Line Terminators
  • 7.4 Comments
  • 7.5 Tokens
    • 7.5.1 Reserved Words
    • 7.5.2 Keywords
    • 7.5.3 Future Reserved Words
  • 7.6 Identifier
  • 7.7 Punctuators
  • 7.8 Literals
    • 7.8.1 Null Literals
    • 7.8.2 Boolean Literals
    • 7.8.3 Numeric Literals
    • 7.8.4 String Literals
    • 7.8.5 Regular Expression Literals
  • 7.9 Automatic Semicolon Insertion
    • 7.9.1 Rules of Automatic Semicolon Insertion
    • 7.9.2 Examples of Automatic Semicolon Insertion
• 8. Types
  • 8.1 The Undefined Type
  • 8.2 The Null Type
  • 8.3 The Boolean Type
  • 8.4 The String Type
  • 8.5 The Number Type
  • 8.6 The Object Type
    • 8.6.1 Property Attributes
    • 8.6.2 Internal Properties and Methods
  • 8.7 The Reference Type
    • 8.7.1 GetValue(V)
    • 8.7.2 PutValue(V, W)
  • 8.8 The List Type
  • 8.9 The Completion Type
• 9. Type Conversion
  • 9.1 ToPrimitive
  • 9.2 ToBoolean
  • 9.3 ToNumber
    • 9.3.1 ToNumber Applied to the String Type
  • 9.4 ToInteger
  • 9.5 ToInt32: (Signed 32 Bit Integer)
  • 9.6 ToUint32: (Unsigned 32 Bit Integer)
  • 9.7 ToUint16: (Unsigned 16 Bit Integer)
  • 9.8 ToString
    • 9.8.1 ToString Applied to the Number Type
  • 9.9 ToObject
• 10. Execution Contexts
  • 10.1 Definitions
    • 10.1.1 Function Objects
    • 10.1.2 Types of Executable Code
    • 10.1.3 Variable Instantiation
    • 10.1.4 Scope Chain and Identifier Resolution
    • 10.1.5 Global Object
    • 10.1.6 Activation Object
    • 10.1.7 This
    • 10.1.8 Arguments Object
  • 10.2 Entering An Execution Context
    • 10.2.1 Global Code
    • 10.2.2 Eval Code
    • 10.2.3 Function Code
• 11. Expressions
  • 11.1 Primary Expressions
    • 11.1.1 The this Keyword
    • 11.1.2 Identifier Reference
    • 11.1.3 Literal Reference
    • 11.1.4 Array Initialiser
    • 11.1.5 Object Initialiser
    • 11.1.6 The Grouping Operator
  • 11.2 Left-Hand-Side Expressions
    • 11.2.1 Property Accessors
    • 11.2.2 The new Operator
    • 11.2.3 Function Calls
    • 11.2.4 Argument Lists
    • 11.2.5 Function Expressions
  • 11.3 Postfix Expressions
    • 11.3.1 Postfix Increment Operator
    • 11.3.2 Postfix Decrement Operator
  • 11.4 Unary Operators
    • 11.4.1 The delete Operator
    • 11.4.2 The void Operator
    • 11.4.3 The typeof Operator
    • 11.4.4 Prefix Increment Operator
    • 11.4.5 Prefix Decrement Operator
    • 11.4.6 Unary + Operator
    • 11.4.7 Unary - Operator
    • 11.4.8 Bitwise NOT Operator ( ~ )
    • 11.4.9 Logical NOT Operator ( ! )
  • 11.5 Multiplicative Operators
    • 11.5.1 Applying the * Operator
    • 11.5.2 Applying the / Operator
    • 11.5.3 Applying the % Operator
  • 11.6 Additive Operators
    • 11.6.1 The Addition operator ( +)
    • 11.6.2 The Subtraction Operator ( -)
    • 11.6.3 Applying the Additive Operators (+,-) to Numbers
  • 11.7 Bitwise Shift Operators
    • 11.7.1 The Left Shift Operator ( << )
    • 11.7.2 The Signed Right Shift Operator (>> )
    • 11.7.3 The Unsigned Right Shift Operator (>>> )
  • 11.8 Relational Operators
    • 11.8.1 The Less-than Operator ( < )
    • 11.8.2 The Greater-than Operator ( >)
    • 11.8.3 The Less-than-or-equal Operator (<=)
    • 11.8.4 The Greater-than-or-equal Operator (>=)
    • 11.8.5 The Abstract Relational Comparison Algorithm
    • 11.8.6 The instanceof operator
    • 11.8.7 The in operator
  • 11.9 Equality Operators
    • 11.9.1 The Equals Operator ( ==)
    • 11.9.2 The Does-not-equals Operator ( !=)
    • 11.9.3 The Abstract Equality Comparison Algorithm
    • 11.9.4 The Strict Equals Operator ( ===)
    • 11.9.5 The Strict Does-not-equal Operator (!==)
    • 11.9.6 The Strict Equality Comparison Algorithm
  • 11.10 Binary Bitwise Operators
  • 11.11 Binary Logical Operators
  • 11.12 Conditional Operator (?: )
  • 11.13 Assignment Operators
    • 11.13.1 Simple Assignment ( =)
    • 11.13.2 Compound Assignment ( op=)
  • 11.14 Comma Operator (,)
• 12. Statements
  • 12.1 Block
  • 12.2 Variable statement
  • 12.3 Empty Statement
  • 12.4 Expression Statement
  • 12.5 The if Statement
  • 12.6 Iteration Statements
  • 12.6.1 The do-while Statement
  • 12.6.2 The while statement
  • 12.6.3 The for Statement
  • 12.6.4 The for-in Statement
  • 12.7 The continue Statement
  • 12.8 The break Statement
  • 12.9 The return Statement
  • 12.10 The with Statement
  • 12.11 The switch Statement
  • 12.12 Labelled Statements
  • 12.13 The throw statement
  • 12.14 The try statement
• 13. Function Definition
  • 13.1 Definitions
    • 13.1.1 Equated Grammar Productions
    • 13.1.2 Joined Objects
  • 13.2 Creating Function Objects
    • 13.2.1 [[Call]]
    • 13.2.2 [[Construct]]
• 14. Program
• 15. Native ECMAScript Objects
  • 15.1 The Global Object
    • 15.1.1 Value Properties of the Global Object
    • 15.1.2 Function Properties of the Global Object
    • 15.1.3 URI Handling Function Properties
    • 15.1.4 Constructor Properties of the Global Object
    • 15.1.5 Other Properties of the Global Object
  • 15.2 Object Objects
    • 15.2.1 The Object Constructor Called as a Function
    • 15.2.2 The Object Constructor
    • 15.2.3 Properties of the Object Constructor
    • 15.2.4 Properties of the Object Prototype Object
    • 15.2.5 Properties of Object Instances
  • 15.3 Function Objects
    • 15.3.1 The Function Constructor Called as a Function
    • 15.3.2 The Function Constructor
    • 15.3.3 Properties of the Function Constructor
    • 15.3.4 Properties of the Function Prototype Object
    • 15.3.5 Properties of Function Instances
  • 15.4 Array Objects
    • 15.4.1 The Array Constructor Called as a Function
    • 15.4.2 The Array Constructor
    • 15.4.3 Properties of the Array Constructor
    • 15.4.4 Properties of the Array Prototype Object
    • 15.4.5 Properties of Array Instances
  • 15.5 String Objects
    • 15.5.1 The String Constructor Called as a Function
    • 15.5.2 The String Constructor
    • 15.5.3 Properties of the String Constructor
    • 15.5.4 Properties of the String Prototype Object
    • 15.5.5 Properties of String Instances
  • 15.6 Boolean Objects
    • 15.6.1 The Boolean Constructor Called as a Function
    • 15.6.2 The Boolean Constructor
    • 15.6.3 Properties of the Boolean Constructor
    • 15.6.4 Properties of the Boolean Prototype Object
    • 15.6.5 Properties of Boolean Instances
  • 15.7 Number Objects
    • 15.7.1 The Number Constructor Called as a Function
    • 15.7.2 The Number Constructor
    • 15.7.3 Properties of the Number Constructor
    • 15.7.4 Properties of the Number Prototype Object
    • 15.7.5 Properties of Number Instances
  • 15.8 The Math Object
    • 15.8.1 Value Properties of the Math Object
    • 15.8.2 Function Properties of the Math Object
  • 15.9 Date Objects
    • 15.9.1 Overview of Date Objects and Definitions of Internal Operators
    • 15.9.2 The Date Constructor Called as a Function
    • 15.9.3 The Date Constructor
    • 15.9.4 Properties of the Date Constructor
    • 15.9.5 Properties of the Date Prototype Object
    • 15.9.6 Properties of Date Instances
  • 15.10 RegExp (Regular Expression) Objects
    • 15.10.1 Patterns
    • 15.10.2 Pattern Semantics
    • 15.10.3 The RegExp Constructor Called as a Function
    • 15.10.4 The RegExp Constructor
    • 15.10.5 Properties of the RegExp Constructor
    • 15.10.6 Properties of the RegExp Prototype Object
    • 15.10.7 Properties of RegExp Instances
  • 15.11 Error Objects
    • 15.11.1 The Error Constructor Called as a Function
    • 15.11.2 The Error Constructor
    • 15.11.3 Properties of the Error Constructor
    • 15.11.4 Properties of the Error Prototype Object
    • 15.11.5 Properties of Error Instances
    • 15.11.6 Native Error Types Used in This Standard
    • 15.11.7 NativeError Object Structure
  • 16. Errors
  • Annex A - Grammar Summary
  • Annex B - Compatibility