7.8.3 toString Method

Returns a string representation of an object.
Syntax
objectname.toString( )
Arguments
- objectname
- An object for which a string representation is sought.
Remarks
The toString method is a member of all built-in JScript objects. How it behaves depends on the object type:
Object
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Behavior
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Array
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Boolean
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If the Boolean value is True, returns "true". Otherwise, returns "false"
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Function
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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] }
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Number
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Returns the textual representation of the number.
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String
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Returns the value of the String object.
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Default
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Returns "[object objectname]", where objectname is the name of the object type.
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