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Asked: May 10, 20262026-05-10T19:29:46+00:00 2026-05-10T19:29:46+00:00

Just to make this clear – what is the difference between: String(value) and value

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Just to make this clear – what is the difference between:

String(value) 

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value as String 

What are the cases where you would use one over the other? They seem interchangeable…

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  1. 2026-05-10T19:29:47+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2026 at 7:29 pm

    Casting with Type(variable) can cause a runtime exeception (RTE), while ‘variable as type’ will return null instead of throwing an exception.

    See http://raghuonflex.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/casting-vs-the-as-operator/ for more explanations.

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