Are strings objects? [duplicate]

Answer 1

In JavaScript, strings come in two flavors:

1. There is a String language type which contains values like "foo" and 'bar'. Those values are primitive values. Read about the String type here

2. Then there is a String constructor. (A constructor is a function object which is used to create new instances of a certain "class" (or pseudo-class)). So this: new String("foo") will create a new object (a value of the type Object), which contains the primitive value "foo". Read about the String constructor here

In practice you don't use the new String('foo') notation, but the string literal notation 'foo'.

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So to answer your question:

In JavaScript, strings are not objects. They are primitive values. However, there exist String objects which can be used to store string values, but those String objects are not used in practice.