This mailing list is largely meant for the further development of JavaScript as a language (new feature design, spec review, etc.), and not for questions on how JavaScript works. StackOverflow is indeed a better venue for such questions.
From: es-discuss [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arup Rakshit Sent: Friday, January 1, 2016 12:28 To: Bob Myers <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: Re: Confusion with Object.prototype.toString and primitive string datatype Hi Bob, Don’t we have any mailing list to ask JavaScript questions? I like mailing list rather than StackOverflow.com<http://stackoverflow.com> :( On Jan 1, 2016, at 10:56 PM, Bob Myers <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Seems like a good Stack Overflow question, take it there. On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 10:54 PM, Arup Rakshit <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi, Consider the below simple code : 'k' instanceof String; // false new String('k') instanceof String; // true Now, When I am inspecting them as below why in both cases the output comes as [object String] ? The below is understood as per the result of the `instanceof` operator. Object.prototype.toString.call( new String('k') ); // "[object String]” My confusion comes when I see the below code output : Object.prototype.toString.call( 'k' ); // "[object String]” Can anyone please explain it ? _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
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