JavaScript Symbol.prototype Property

The JavaScript Symbol.prototype symbol is used to produce the prototype for the symbol constructor.

Note: Symbol.prototype is the parent of all symbol objects and parent of Symbol.prototype is obect.prototype.

Syntax

Parameters

No parameters

Return value

The prototype for the symbol constructor.

Browser Support

Chrome	32
Safari	8
Firefox	29
Opera	19

Example 1

<script>
//JavaScript to illustrate  Symbol.prototype() 
var a = Symbol('Java');
Symbol.prototype.toString = function() 
{
  return ('JavaTpoint');
}
document.write(a.toString());
//expected output:JavaTpoint
</script>

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Output:

JavaTpoint

Example 2

<script>
//JavaScript to illustrate  Symbol.prototype() 
var a = Symbol('Java');
Symbol.prototype.toString = function() 
{
  return ('10');
}
document.write(a.toString());
//expected output: 10
</script>

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Output:

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