String.prototype.valueOf()

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The valueOf() method of String values returns this string value.

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valueOf()

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A string representing the primitive value of a given String object.

The valueOf() method of String returns the primitive value of a String object as a string data type. This value is equivalent to String.prototype.toString().

This method is usually called internally by JavaScript and not explicitly in code.

const x = new String("Hello world");
console.log(x.valueOf()); // 'Hello world'

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification # sec-string.prototype.valueof

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	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	Deno	Node.js
`valueOf`	1	12	1	3	1	18	4	10.1	1	1.0	4.4	1.0	0.10.0