# Symbol — Static properties

> The static properties are all well-known Symbols. In these Symbols' descriptions, we will use language like "Symbol.hasInstance is a method determining…", but bear in mind that this is referring to the semantic of an object's method having this Symbol as the method name (because well-known Symbols a

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The static properties are all well-known Symbols. In these Symbols' descriptions, we will use language like "Symbol.hasInstance is a method determining…", but bear in mind that this is referring to the semantic of an object's method having this Symbol as the method name (because well-known Symbols act as "protocols"), not describing the value of the Symbol itself.

{{jsxref("Symbol.asyncDispose")}} : A method that disposes resources of the object asynchronously when the object goes out of scope. Used by the await using declaration. {{jsxref("Symbol.asyncIterator")}} : A method that returns the default AsyncIterator for an object. Used by for await...of. {{jsxref("Symbol.dispose")}} : A method that disposes resources of the object when the object goes out of scope. Used by the using declaration. {{jsxref("Symbol.hasInstance")}} : A method determining if a constructor object recognizes an object as its instance. Used by {{jsxref("instanceof")}}. {{jsxref("Symbol.isConcatSpreadable")}} : A Boolean value indicating if an object should be flattened to its array elements. Used by {{jsxref("Array.prototype.concat()")}}. {{jsxref("Symbol.iterator")}} : A method returning the default iterator for an object. Used by for...of. {{jsxref("Symbol.match")}} : A method that matches against a string, also used to determine if an object may be used as a regular expression. Used by {{jsxref("String.prototype.match()")}}. {{jsxref("Symbol.matchAll")}} : A method that returns an iterator, that yields matches of the regular expression against a string. Used by {{jsxref("String.prototype.matchAll()")}}. {{jsxref("Symbol.replace")}} : A method that replaces matched substrings of a string. Used by {{jsxref("String.prototype.replace()")}}. {{jsxref("Symbol.search")}} : A method that returns the index within a string that matches the regular expression. Used by {{jsxref("String.prototype.search()")}}. {{jsxref("Symbol.species")}} : A constructor function that is used to create derived objects. {{jsxref("Symbol.split")}} : A method that splits a string at the indices that match a regular expression. Used by {{jsxref("String.prototype.split()")}}. {{jsxref("Symbol.toPrimitive")}} : A method converting an object to a primitive value. {{jsxref("Symbol.toStringTag")}} : A string value used for the default description of an object. Used by {{jsxref("Object.prototype.toString()")}}. …

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