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Asked: 2026-06-12T06:09:01+00:00

In the Node.js REPL, if you type String.prototype , an empty object: {} is

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In the Node.js REPL, if you type String.prototype, an empty object: {} is returned. But if you type it in the Chrome JavaScript console, an object is returned with the expected function names and functions.

Why doesn’t Node.js exhibit this behavior? How can I access the native String functions in Node.js?

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  1. Editorial Team

    According to the IRC users on FreeNode/#node.js

    BennyLava: Object.getOwnPropertyNames(String.prototype)

    jmar777: because in the REPL you basically get the result of calling toString() on the result, whereas the chrome console has some fancy interactive display of objects

    BennyLava: they’re just not enumerable

    So the answer is Object.getOwnPropertyNames(String.prototype).

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