JS common string properties and methods

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var str = 'my name is liz';

str.length // returns 14

charAt(index) - returns single char of a string at index postion
  str.charAt(0);  // returns "m"
  str.charAt(3);  // returns "n"

indexOf(string)
  str.indexOf("n");  // returns 3
  
.split()
  str.split(" ");  //returns ["my", "name", "is", "liz"]
  var strSplit = str.split(" ");  //returns ["my", "name", "is", "liz"]
                                  
.slice()
  str.slice(1,2);  // returns "y" - note: 2nd arg - up to but not including
  str.slice(1,5);  // returns "y na"
  
.search() - uses regular expressions (regexp) - regular expressions use /pattern/flags; or new RegExp(pattern [, flags]);