JavaScript type conversion
JavaScript Type Conversion
Number() is converted to a number, String() is converted to a string, and Boolean() is converted to a Boolean value.
JavaScript Data Types
There are 5 different data types in JavaScript:
string
number
boolean
object
function
3 object types:
Object
Date
Array
2 A data type that does not contain any value:
null
undefined
typeof operator
You can use the typeof operator to view the data of a JavaScript variable type.
<html> <body> <script type="text/javascript"> var test=new Array(); if (test.constructor==Array) { document.write("This is an Array"); } if (test.constructor==Boolean) { document.write("This is a Boolean"); } if (test.constructor==Date) { document.write("This is a Date"); } if (test.constructor==String) { document.write("This is a String"); } </script> </body> </html>