Microsoft® JScript™ valueOf Method | Language Reference Version 2

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##### Description

> Returns the primitive value of the specified object.

##### Syntax

> object.valueOf( )

> The object argument is any JScript object.

##### Remarks

> The valueOf method is defined differently for each intrinsic JScript object.

> Object | Return Value
> Array | The elements of the array are converted into strings, and the strings are concatenated together, separated by commas. This behaves the same as the Array.toString and Array.join methods.
> Boolean | The Boolean value.
> Date | The stored time value in milliseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC.
> Function | The function itself.
> Number | The numeric value.
> Object | The object itself. This is the default.
> String | The string value.

> The Math object does not have a valueOf method.

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