Description

The toString() method is used to convert a Number object to a string, and return the result.

This method has the form:

number.toString(radix)

Parameter	Description
radix	(optional) Which base to use for representing a numeric value. Must be an integer between 2 and 36. 2 - The number will show as a binary value 8 - The number will show as an octal value 16 - The number will show as an hexadecimal value

Note: This method is called by JavaScript automatically whenever a Number object needs to be displayed as a string.

Examples

The following example shows the basic use of this method.

<script>
var num = new Number(15);
document.write(num.toString());
document.write("<br />");
document.write(num.toString(2));
document.write("<br />");
document.write(num.toString(8));
document.write("<br />");
document.write(num.toString(16));
document.write("<br />");
</script>

This produces the following result:

Browser Support

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