# unbox-primitive <sup>[![Version Badge][2]][1]</sup>

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Unbox a boxed JS primitive value. This module works cross-realm/iframe, does not depend on `instanceof` or mutable properties, and works despite ES6 Symbol.toStringTag.

## Example

```js
var unboxPrimitive = require('unbox-primitive');
var assert = require('assert');

assert.equal(unboxPrimitive(new Boolean(false)), false);
assert.equal(unboxPrimitive(new String('f')), 'f');
assert.equal(unboxPrimitive(new Number(42)), 42);
const s = Symbol();
assert.equal(unboxPrimitive(Object(s)), s);
assert.equal(unboxPrimitive(new BigInt(42)), 42n);

// any primitive, or non-boxed-primitive object, will throw
```

## Tests
Simply clone the repo, `npm install`, and run `npm test`

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