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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

Function.toString( ) — convert a function to a string

Availability

JavaScript 1.0; JScript 2.0; ECMAScript v1

Synopsis

function.toString( )

Returns

A string that represents the function.

Throws

TypeError

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

Description

The toString( ) method of the Function object converts a function to a string in an implementation-dependent way. In Netscape implementations, this method returns a string of valid JavaScript code -- code that includes the function keyword, argument list, the complete body of the function, and so on.

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 0596000480Supplemental ContentCatalog PageErrata