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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

by David Flanagan
November 2001
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
936 pages
68h 43m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

Number.toString( ) — convert a number to a string

Availability

JavaScript 1.1; JScript 2.0, ECMAScript v1

Inherits from/Overrides

Overrides Object.toString( )

Synopsis

                  number.toString(radix)

Arguments

radix

An optional argument that specifies the radix, or base, between 2 and 36, in which the number should be represented. If omitted, base 10 is used. Note, however, that the ECMAScript specification allows an implementation to return any value if this argument is specified as any value other than 10.

Returns

A string representation of the number.

Throws

TypeError

If this method is invoked on an object that is not a Number.

Description

The toString( ) method of the Number object converts a number to a string. When the radix argument is omitted or is specified as 10, the number is converted to a base-10 string. If radix is any other value, this method returns an implementation-defined string. Netscape implementations and Microsoft implementations after JScript 3.0 honor the radix argument and return a string representation of the number in the specified base.

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