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Name

String.toString( ) — return the string

Availability

JavaScript 1.0; JScript 1.0, ECMAScript v1 Overrides Object.toString( )

Synopsis

                  string.toString(  )

Returns

The primitive string value of string. It is rarely necessary to call this method.

Throws

TypeError: If this method is invoked on an object that is not a String.

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