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  2. Switch statement - Wikipedia

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    In computer programming languages, a switch statement is a type of selection control mechanism used to allow the value of a variable or expression to change the control flow of program execution via search and map. Switch statements function somewhat similarly to the if statement used in programming languages like C / C++, C#, Visual Basic .NET ...

  3. JavaScript syntax - Wikipedia

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    The syntax of JavaScript is the set of rules that define a correctly structured JavaScript program. The examples below make use of the log function of the console object present in most browsers for standard text output. The JavaScript standard library lacks an official standard text output function (with the exception of document.write).

  4. Syntactic sugar - Wikipedia

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    Syntactic sugar. In computer science, syntactic sugar is syntax within a programming language that is designed to make things easier to read or to express. It makes the language "sweeter" for human use: things can be expressed more clearly, more concisely, or in an alternative style that some may prefer. Syntactic sugar is usually a shorthand ...

  5. ECMAScript - Wikipedia

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    ECMAScript (/ ˈɛkməskrɪpt /; ES) [1] is a standard for scripting languages, including JavaScript, JScript, and ActionScript. It is best known as a JavaScript standard intended to ensure the interoperability of web pages across different web browsers. [2] It is standardized by Ecma International in the document ECMA-262.

  6. "Hello, World!" program - Wikipedia

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    A "Hello, World!" program is generally a simple computer program that emits (or displays) to the screen (often the console) a message similar to "Hello, World!". A small piece of code in most general-purpose programming languages, this program is used to illustrate a language's basic syntax. A "Hello, World!"

  7. MDN Web Docs - Wikipedia

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    JavaScript. Python. MDN Web Docs, previously Mozilla Developer Network and formerly Mozilla Developer Center, is a documentation repository and learning resource for web developers. It was started by Mozilla in 2005 [1] as a unified place for documentation about open web standards, Mozilla's own projects, and developer guides.

  8. Immediately invoked function expression - Wikipedia

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    An immediately invoked function expression (or IIFE, pronounced "iffy", IPA /ˈɪf.i/) is a programming language idiom which produces a lexical scope using function scoping. It was popular in JavaScript [1] as a method to support modular programming before the introduction of more standardized solutions such as CommonJS and ES modules.

  9. Help:Switch parser function - Wikipedia

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    The switch parser function, coded as " #switch ", selects the first matching branch in a list of choices, acting as a case statement. Each branch can be a value, an expression (calculation), or a template call, 1 evaluated and compared to match the value of the switch. Although many #switch structures are used to branch among a simple set of ...