JavaScript String sub() Method
Example
Display a string as subscript text:
var str = "Hello World!";
var result = str.sub();
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Definition and Usage
The sub() method is not standard, and may not work as expected in all browsers.
The sub() method is used to display a string as subscript text.
This method returns the string embedded in the <sub> tag, like this:
<sub>string</sub>
Browser Support
| Method | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sub() | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
string.sub()
Parameters
| None. |
Technical Details
| Return Value: | A string embedded in the <sub> tag |
|---|---|
| JavaScript Version: | ECMAScript 1 |
More Examples
Example
A demonstration of related methods:
var txt = "Hello World!";
document.write("The original string: " + txt);
document.write("<p>Big: " + txt.big() + "</p>");
document.write("<p>Small: " + txt.small() + "</p>");
document.write("<p>Bold: " + txt.bold() + "</p>");
document.write("<p>Italic: " + txt.italics() + "</p>");
document.write("<p>Fixed: " + txt.fixed() + "</p>");
document.write("<p>Strike: " + txt.strike() + "</p>");
document.write("<p>Fontcolor: " + txt.fontcolor("green") + "</p>");
document.write("<p>Fontsize: " + txt.fontsize(6) + "</p>");
document.write("<p>Subscript: " + txt.sub() + "</p>");
document.write("<p>Superscript: " + txt.sup() + "</p>");
document.write("<p>Link: " + txt.link("https://www.w3schools.com") + "</p>");
document.write("<p>Blink: " + txt.blink() + " (works only in Opera)</p>");
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