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Primitive & Object Reference Data Type

This document discusses JavaScript data types. It explains that data can be stored in variables and there are different types of data, called data types, including primitive values like strings, numbers, booleans, and object references like arrays and objects. Primitive values are immutable and include types like null, undefined, numbers, strings, booleans, symbols and bigints. Object references can be altered and include objects, functions, arrays, maps, sets, weakmaps and weaksets. It provides details on each of the primitive data types and explains that object references allow data to be stored and manipulated in key-value pairs.

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Primitive & Object Reference Data Type

This document discusses JavaScript data types. It explains that data can be stored in variables and there are different types of data, called data types, including primitive values like strings, numbers, booleans, and object references like arrays and objects. Primitive values are immutable and include types like null, undefined, numbers, strings, booleans, symbols and bigints. Object references can be altered and include objects, functions, arrays, maps, sets, weakmaps and weaksets. It provides details on each of the primitive data types and explains that object references allow data to be stored and manipulated in key-value pairs.

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Data Types

Primitive Values
&
Object References
Variable and Data

let user = “andrew”


Keywords let num = 32; Data Types
• Strings
let arr = [1,2,3,4,5]; • Number
Variable Name
• Array
let myCar ={ • Object
name: “Honda”,
year : 2008;
color : “yellow”};
What is a Data and Data Type ?
• Data is a value or a piece of information that is stored inside a
variable.
• Different types of Data that we can store in variable are called as data
types.
• String, Number, Boolean, Object, Array, and Function Undefined and
Null data type.
• The data types can be categorised in two : Primitives & Object
References.
Data Types – Primitives & Object References
• In JS, the values that we declare in a variable can be categorized as
primitive and object references.
• Primitives are immutable, that is once the values are declared they
can’t be altered or manipulated.
• We should not confuse the immutable values with the values
declared in variable. The value of a variable can be changed or
reassigned.
• On the other hand, values in object references can be altered,
manipulated or updated.
Data Types

Primitive Data Types Object References

• Null • Objects
• Undefined • Functions
• Boolean • Arrays
• String • Sets
• Number • Maps
• BigInt • WeakSets
• Symbol • WeakMaps
Primitive Data Types
• Boolean Type : It can have only 2 values True | False.
• Null Type : It has exactly 1 value null.
• Undefined Type : It’s a default value of all variable that are initialized but are not
assigned any value undefined.
• Number Type : All numeric values like 2, -3 (Integers), 3.145 (Floats) are all valid
number data types. Also there are symbolic values in JS, like +Infinity, - Infinity
and NaN.
• BigInt Type : This type is somewhat similar to number type but not exactly
same. There is safe number limit in JS ranging from -(2^53 − 1) and 2^53 − 1. To
overcome this issue we have BigInt. It is made by appending “n” to numbers.
Primitive Data Types
• String Type : This data type represents the textual data that can be stored in a
variable. Like “Hello!”, “Andrew” or many other such values. Altering the values
of Stings doesn’t actually changes the original value.
• Symbol Type : A Symbol is a unique and immutable primitive value and may be
used as the key of an Object property

*Except for null and undefined, all primitive values have object equivalents
that wrap around the primitive values.
Object References
• Object References : In JavaScript, object is a mapping between keys and values. Keys are strings
(or Symbols), and values can be anything (strings, number, objects, arrays etc.). Also We can say,
objects can be seen as a collection of properties.
• There are two types of object properties: The data property and the accessor property.
• Data Property : Associates a key with a value, [[Value]], [[Enumerable]], [[Writable]] and
[[Configurable]].
• Accessor Property : Associates a key with one of two accessor functions (get and set) to retrieve
or store a value, [[Get]], [[Set]], [[Enumerable]], [[Configurable]].
• Types of Objects : Objects, Functions, Indexed Collection Array and Typed Arrays, Keyed
collections: Maps, Sets, WeakMaps, WeakSets.
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