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JavaScript data types can be divided into two types: primitive types and reference types

Primitive types are also called basic types or simple types because they occupy a fixed space and are simple data segments. In order to improve the speed of variable query, they are stored in the stack (accessed by value). Among them, the basic data types of JavaScript include Undefined, Null, Boolean, Number and String

Since the size of the value of a reference type will change, it cannot be stored on the stack, otherwise it will reduce the speed of variable query, so it is stored in the heap (heap). The value stored in the variable is a pointer pointing to The memory location where the object is stored (access by address)

[Note] For reference type values, you can add attributes and methods to them, and you can also change and delete their attributes and methods; but basic types cannot add attributes and methods

Undefined

The Undefined type has only one value, which is undefined. When a declared variable is not initialized, the default value of the variable is undefined

var test;//undefined
console.log(test == undefined);//true
var test = undefined;//undefined 

Only one operation can be performed on a variable that has not been declared yet. Use the typeof operator to detect its data type, but in strict mode it will cause an error

typeof(test);//undefined

Scene appears

　[1]Declared unassigned variable

[2] Get the non-existent attributes of the object

　[3]Execution results of functions without return values

　[4]The parameters of the function are not passed in

　[5]void(expression)

Type conversion

　　Boolean(undefined):　 false
　　Number(undefined):　 NaN
　　String(undefined):　　'undefined'

Null

The Null type has only one value, which is null. From a logical point of view, the null value represents a null object pointer. If the defined variable will be used to save the object, it is best to initialize the variable to null. In fact, the undefined value is derived from the null value, so undefined == null

　[Note] null is a null object pointer, [] is an empty array, {} is an empty object, the three are different

console.log(null == undefined);//true 

Scene appears

When the object does not exist

Type conversion

Boolean(null): false
Number(null): 0
String(null): 'null'

[Note] Because undefined and null are not constructor types, you cannot add custom properties

Packaging Type

Wrapper types are special reference types. Whenever a basic type value is read, an object of the corresponding basic wrapper type is created in the background, and some methods may be called to manipulate the data. There are three packaging types: Boolean, Number and String

var s1 = 'some text';
var s2 = s1.substring(2);
//在上述过程中，实际上发生了三个步骤
var s1 = new String('some text'); //(1)创建String类型的一个实例 
var s2 = s1.substring(2); //(2)在实例上调用指定的方法
s1 = null; //(3)销毁这个实例 

[Note] The main difference between reference types and basic wrapper types is the lifetime of the object. Instances of reference types created using the new operator remain in memory until the execution flow leaves the current scope. The automatically created basic packaging type object only exists at the moment when a line of code is executed, and then is destroyed immediately. This means that properties and methods cannot be added at runtime for primitive type values

var s1 = 'some text';
s1.color = 'red';
alert(s1.color);//undefined 

Creation method

There are two ways to explicitly create a packaging type:

[1] Object method [not recommended]

var s = new Object('abc');
var b = new Object(true);
var n = new Object(123); 

[2] Constructor method [not recommended]

var s = new String('abc');
var b = new Boolean(true);
var n = new Number(123); 

[Note] Using new to call the constructor of a basic packaging type is different from directly calling the transformation function of the same name

var value = '25';
var number = Number(value);
console.log(typeof number);//number
var obj = new Number(value);
console.log(typeof obj);//object 

Boolean

　　Boolean类型只有两个值：true 和 false。Boolean包装类型是与布尔值对应的引用类型，在布尔表达式中使用Boolean对象容易造成误解

出现场景

　　[1]条件语句导致系统执行的隐士类型转换

　　[2]字面量或变量定义

类型转换

　　Number(true): 1 　　　　|| 　　Number(false) : 0
　　String(true):'true' 　　　 || 　　String(false):'false'

Boolean()

　　Boolean(undefined):false
　 Boolean(null):false

　　Boolean(非空对象包括空数组[]和空对象{}):true

　　Boolean(非0): true || Boolean(0和NaN):false

　　Boolean(非空包括空格字符串):true || Boolean(''):false

　　[注意]true不一定等于1，false也不一定等于0

包装类型继承的方法

　　valueOf():返回基本类型值true 或 false

　　toString()和toLocaleString():返回字符串'true' 或'false'

console.log(typeof true.valueOf(),true.valueOf());//boolean true
console.log(typeof false.valueOf(),false.valueOf());//boolean false
console.log(typeof true.toString(),true.toString());//String 'true'
console.log(typeof false.toString(),false.toString());//String 'false'
console.log(typeof true.toLocaleString(),true.toLocaleString());//String 'true'
console.log(typeof false.toLocaleString(),false.toLocaleString());//String 'false' 

Number

　　javascript只有一种数字类型，既可以表示32位的整数，还可以表示64位的浮点数

　　关于Number类型的详细信息移步到此

String

　　String类型是javascript中唯一没有固定大小的原始类型

下面接着来理解下JavaScript基本数据类型的包装对象

现象：为什么可以对字符串的操作采用对象的表示法？

例如：

var s    = "this is a String";
      var len   = s.length; 

解析：

JavaScript三个基本数据类型都有相应的对象类；分别为Sring,Number,Boolean类；
JavaScript可以灵活的将一种类型的值转换为另一种类型；
当我们在对象环境中使用字符串时，即当我们试图访问这个字符串的属性或方法时；
JavaScript会为这个字符串值内部地创建一个String包装对象；
String对象会暂时代替原始的字符串值，完成我们的访问；
这个被内部创建的String对象是瞬间存在的，它的作用是使我们可以正常访问属性和方法；
String对象在使用过后会被系统丢弃掉；
而原始值并不会被改变；

以上同样适用于数字和布尔值类型；

使用Object()函数，任何数字、字符串、布尔值都可以转换为它对应的包装对象；

例如：

var number_wrapper  = Object (3);