Find out the difference between primitive wrapper constructor vs casting function in JavaScript

Description

The following code shows how to find out the difference between primitive wrapper constructor vs casting function.

Example


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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
var value = "25";
var number = Number(value); //casting function
document.writeln(typeof number); //"number"


var obj = new Number(value); //constructor
document.writeln(typeof obj); //"object"

</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

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The code above generates the following result.

Find out the difference between primitive wrapper constructor vs casting function in JavaScript
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