JavaScript string initialization

Question

In JavaScript, from my understanding, the below are all same:

var carter2 = new String();
var carter2 = \'\';
var carter2 = \"\";

Which one is

Answer 1

While '' and "" are the same (they are primitives), new String() is not because it returns a String object.

typeof '' == 'string'
typeof "" == 'string'
typeof new String() == 'object'

See Distinction between string primitives and String objects.