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When Primitives Behave Like Objects
In this Chapter
Get a deeper understanding of how primitives and objects work
Understand that even primitives have object-like traits
Wonder how JavaScript ever got to be so popular
In Chapter 14, “Strings,” and less so in Chapter 12, “Of Pizza, Types, Primitives, and Objects,” we got a sneak peek at something that is probably pretty confusing. I’ve stated many times that primitives are very plain and simple. Unlike objects, they don’t contain properties that allow you to fiddle with their values in interesting (or boring) ways. Yet, as clearly demonstrated by all the stuff we can do with strings, our primitives seem to have a mysterious dark side to them. Look at the following example:
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