This is an alternative way to deliver a string primitive version of a String object's value. In this case, it is formatted as a string literal and can then be used in an eval() function to assign another string.

If you run the example below, it should yield this as a result:

(new String("ABCDEF"))

The result of calling this method is a string version of the String object formatted as a string literal.

Example code:

   // Create a number and then examine its source

   myString = new String("ABCDEF");

   document.write(myString.toSource());