The HTML code to wrap text in HTML big tags can be generated using JavaScript:
MyHTML = MyText.big();Important Note
The big method is not standardized and may not behave consistently in all browsers.
It should be avoided if possible, and CSS should be used instead. An example using CSS is provided here.
JavaScript String Big Method Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta content="text/html;charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">
<meta content="utf-8" http-equiv="encoding">
<title>JavaScript String Big Method Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<script>
var MyText = "Sample Text With the Big HTML Tag";
var MyHTML = MyText.big();
document.write(MyHTML);
</script>
</body>
</html>The code above produces a blank HTML document with the following HTML:
<big>Sample Text With the Big HTML Tag</big>Alternative to Using the Big Method using CSS
Even though the most commonly used browsers treat the big method consistently, it is still better to avoid potential issues by creating the needed HTML code inside a string and then inserting that HTML into the DOM.
Example JavaScript Big Method Alternative:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta content="text/html;charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">
<meta content="utf-8" http-equiv="encoding">
<title>JavaScript String Big Method Alternative</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>An Example of How To Generate HTML With a Big Tag Alternative in JavaScript</h1>
<script>
var MyText = "Example of an alternative way to generate big text with HTML in JavaScript.";
var MyStyle = "<style>.big-text{font-size:1.2em;}</style>";
var MyHTML = "<span class=\"big-text\">" + MyText + "</span>";
document.head.innerHTML += MyStyle;
document.body.innerHTML += MyHTML;
</script>
</body>
</html>Which will create the following HTML:
<span class="big-text">Example of an alternative way to generate big text with HTML in JavaScript.</span>The example will also insert the following CSS style into the document’s header:
<style>.big-text{font-size:1.2em;}</style>Using the Big Method With An Argument
The big method does not take an argument, but passing an argument to it does not generate an error message. This behavior is consistent with other string methods that do not expect an argument.
MyText.big("this text passed as an argument does nothing");Using the Big Method Without a Variable
It is worth mentioning that the big method can be called on a string that is not stored in a variable.
The following code will work but is discouraged because it can be confusing to read.
document.write('Big Text'.big());JavaScript will determine that the text within the quotes is a string and apply the big() method to it.