JavaScript String toString() Method (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 16 Jul, 2024

The toString() method in JavaScript converts a string object to a string primitive. It returns a string representing the specified object. This method is automatically called when a string object needs to be defined as a text value or concatenated with another string. The toString() method also converts a number to a string.

**Syntax:

string.toString()

**Parameters:

**Return Values:

**Example 1: This example shows the basic use of the string.toString() Method in Javascript.

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// Take string as input and display it // with the help of string.toString() // Method let a = new String("GfG"); console.log(a.toString());

`

**Example 2: Taking a string as input and printing it with the help of a string.toString() method.

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// Taking a string as input and printing it // with the help of string.toString() method let a = new String("GeeksforGeeks"); console.log(a.toString());

`

**Example 3: Taking a string as input and printing it with the help of string.toString() method.

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// Taking a string as input and printing it // with the help of string.toString() method let a = new String("GFGGFG");

console.log(a.toString());

`

**Example 4: In this example, we are converts the variable number to a string using the toString() method and output the result. The typeof operator confirms the type of our output as “string”.

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let number = 42; let result = number.toString();

console.log(result); console.log(typeof(result));

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We have a complete list of Javascript string methods, to check those please go through this Javascript String Complete reference article.

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