String.prototype.concat()
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The concat()
method of String
values concatenates
the string arguments to this string and returns a new string.
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Syntax
concat(str1)
concat(str1, str2)
concat(str1, str2, /* …, */ strN)
Parameters
str1
, …,strN
-
One or more strings to concatenate to
str
. Though technically permitted, callingString.prototype.concat()
with no arguments is a useless operation, because it does not result in observable copying (likeArray.prototype.concat()
), since strings are immutable. It should only happen if you are spreading an array of strings as arguments, and that array happens to be empty.
Return value
A new string containing the combined text of the strings provided.
Description
The concat()
function concatenates the string arguments to the calling string and returns a new string.
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 (+
, +=
), except that concat()
coerces its arguments directly to strings, while addition coerces its operands to primitives first. For more information, see the reference page for the +
operator.
Examples
Using concat()
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"
Specifications
Specification |
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ECMAScript Language Specification # sec-string.prototype.concat |
Browser compatibility
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