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Description

Returns a string representation of an object.

Syntax

objectname.toString([radix])

The toString method syntax has these parts:

Part	Description
objectname	Required. An object for which a string representation is sought.
radix	Optional. Specifies a radix for converting numeric values to strings.

Remarks

The toString method is a member of all built-in JavaScript objects. How it behaves depends on the object type:

Object	Behavior
Array	Elements of an Array are converted to strings. The resulting strings are concatenated, separated by commas.
Boolean	If the Boolean value is true, returns "true". Otherwise, returns "false"
Function	Returns a string returned of the following form, where functionname is the name of the function whose toString method was called: function functionname( ) { [native code] }
Number	Returns the textual representation of the number.
String	Returns the value of the String object.
Default	Returns "[object objectname]", where objectname is the name of the object type.

The following example illustrates the use of the toString method with a radix argument:

function CreateRadixTable ()
{
  var s1, s2, s3, x;
  document.write("Hex    Dec   Bin<BR>");
  for (x = 0; x < 16; x++)
  {
    switch(x)
    {
      case 0 : 
        s1 = "      ";
        s2 = "    ";
        s3 = "   ";
        break;
      case 1 :
        s1 = "      ";
        s2 = "    ";
        s3 = "   ";
        break;
      case 2 :
        s3 = "  ";
        break;
      case 3 : 
        s3 = "  ";
        break;
      case 4 : 
        s3 = " ";
        break;
      case 5 :
        s3 = " ";
        break;
      case 6 : 
        s3 = " ";
        break;
      case 7 : 
        s3 = " ";
        break;
      case 8 :
        s3 = "" ;
        break;
      case 9 :
        s3 = "";
        break;
      default: 
        s1 = "     ";
        s2 = "";
        s3 = "    ";
    }
    document.write(" ", x.toString(16), s1, x.toString(10), s2, s3, x.toString(2), "<BR>");
  }
}