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How To Convert Data Types in JavaScript

Updated on August 24, 2021
πŸ‘ How To Convert Data Types in JavaScript

Introduction

In JavaScript, data types are used to classify one particular type of data, determining the values that you can assign to the type and the operations you can perform on it.

Although due to type coercion, JavaScript will automatically convert many values, it is often best practice to manually convert values between types in order to achieve expected results.

This tutorial will guide you through converting JavaScript’s primitive data types, including numbers, strings, and Booleans.

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