Revision 498421 of uneval()

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<h2 id="Summary" name="Summary">Summary</h2>
<p>The <code><strong>uneval()</strong></code> method creates an string representation of the source code of an Object.</p>
<h2 id="Syntax" name="Syntax">Syntax</h2>
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uneval(<var>object</var>)</pre>
<h3 id="Parameters" name="Parameters">Parameters</h3>
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 <dt>
  <code>object</code></dt>
 <dd>
  A JavaScript expression or statement.</dd>
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 <strong>Note:</strong> You won't get a valid JSON representation of your Object.</div>
<h2 id="Description" name="Description">Description</h2>
<p><code>uneval()</code> is a top-level function and is not associated with any object.</p>
<h2>Examples</h2>
<pre class="brush:js">
var a = 1;
uneval(a); // returns a String containing 1

var b = "1";
uneval(b) // returns a String containing "1"

uneval(function foo(){}); // returns "(function foo(){})"


var a = uneval(function foo(){return 'hi'});
var foo = eval(a);
foo(); // returns "hi"
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<h2 name="See_also">Specifications</h2>
<p>Not part of any specifications.</p>
<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>
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    <td>Basic support</td>
    <td>{{ CompatNo() }}</td>
    <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
    <td>{{ CompatNo() }}</td>
    <td>{{ CompatNo() }}</td>
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    <td>{{ CompatNo() }}</td>
    <td>{{ CompatNo() }}</td>
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    <td>{{ CompatNo() }}</td>
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<h2 id="See_Also" name="See_Also">See also</h2>
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 <li>{{jsxref("Global_Objects/eval", "eval()")}}</li>
 <li>{{jsxref("JSON.stringify")}}</li>
 <li>{{jsxref("JSON.parse")}}</li>
 <li>{{jsxref("Object.toSource")}}</li>
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