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Comparing speeds of various methods to convert a number to a string.

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var foo = 45;
var bar = '' + foo;

var foo = 45;
var bar = foo.toString();

var foo = 45;
var bar = new String(foo);

var foo = 45;
var bar = foo + '';

var foo = 45;
var bar = '';
bar += foo;

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• Revision 1: published by scunliffe on 23rd April 2011
• Revision 2: published on 11th May 2011
• Revision 3: published on 16th November 2012
• Revision 4: published on 23rd January 2013

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