String.prototype.concat()

strN

One or more strings to concatenate to str.

A new string containing the combined text of the strings provided.

The concat() function concatenates the string arguments to the calling string and returns a new string. Changes to the original string or the returned string don't affect the other.

If the arguments are not of the type string, they are converted to string values before concatenating.

The concat() method is very similar to the addition/string concatenation operators (+, +=), but they have slightly different semantics. Addition would coerce the expression to a primitive, which calls valueOf() in priority; on the other hand, concat() would coerce the parameter to a string, which calls toString() in priority. If the parameter has a @@toPrimitive method, addition calls it with "default" as hint, while concat() use "string". This is important for objects that have different string and primitive representations — such as Temporal, whose valueOf() method throws.

const t = Temporal.Now.instant();
"" + t; // Throws TypeError
"".concat(t); // '2022-07-31T04:48:56.113918308Z'

The following example combines strings into a new string.

const hello = 'Hello, ';
console.log(hello.concat('Kevin', '. Have a nice day.'));
// Hello, Kevin. Have a nice day.

const greetList = ['Hello', ' ', 'Venkat', '!'];
"".concat(...greetList)  // "Hello Venkat!"

"".concat({})    // [object Object]
"".concat([])    // ""
"".concat(null)  // "null"
"".concat(true)  // "true"
"".concat(4, 5)  // "45"

• Array.prototype.concat()
• Addition operator