Function.toSource

Table of Contents

  1. Summary
  2. Syntax
    1. Parameters
  3. Description
  4. See Also

Non-standard

Summary

Returns a string representing the source code for the function.

Method of Function
Implemented in JavaScript 1.3
ECMAScript Edition none

Syntax

var sourceString = function.toSource();

Parameters

None.

Description

The toSource method returns the following values:

  • For the built-in Function object, toSource returns the following string indicating that the source code is not available:
function Function() {
    [native code]
}
  • For custom functions, toSource returns the JavaScript source that defines the object as a string.

This method is usually called internally by JavaScript and not explicitly in code. You can call toSource while debugging to examine the contents of an object.

See Also

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