Function toStringSafe

Converts an input value to its string representation, that is not (null) and not (undefined). NOTE: If an exception occurrs, the default value is returned.

Returns

The input value as string.

Example

class TestClass {
  toString() { return 'Foo!'; }
}

class TestClass2 {
  toString() { throw new Error('An Error!'); }
}

const obj = {
  toString: () => '!!!BAZZZ!!!'
}

const obj2 = {
  toString() { throw new Error('An Error!'); }
}

toStringSafe(null)  // ''
toStringSafe(null, 'foo')  // 'foo'
toStringSafe(undefined)  // ''
toStringSafe(undefined, 'bar')  // 'bar'
toStringSafe(new TestClass2())  // ''
toStringSafe(new TestClass2(), 'cat')  // 'cat'
toStringSafe(obj2)  // ''
toStringSafe(obj2, 'baz')  // 'baz'

toStringSafe(0)  // '0'
toStringSafe(0, 'baz')  // '0'
toStringSafe(false)  // 'false'
toStringSafe(false, 'fooBar')  // 'false'
toStringSafe('')  // ''
toStringSafe('', 'Barfoo')  // ''
toStringSafe(Symbol('TEST'))  // 'Symbol(TEST)'
toStringSafe(Symbol('TEST'), 'symbolDefault')  // 'Symbol(TEST)'

toStringSafe(new TestClass())  // 'Foo!'
toStringSafe(new TestClass(), 'Bar!')  // 'Foo!'

toStringSafe(obj)  // '!!!BAZZZ!!!'
toStringSafe(obj, 'Barbara!')  // '!!!BAZZZ!!!'