JavaScript variable and the same variable also be an object

Question

I am somewhat new to JavaScript and I have a question.

I know you can set variables and "sub-variables". Like:

var msg = "Hello World";
alert(msg);

and also

var msg = {
    lipsum: "Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet"
}
alert(msg.lipsum);

But I was wondering if you could do both, like

var msg = "Hello World" || {
    lipsum: "Lorem Ipsum"
}
alert(msg + msg.lipsum);

That way, you can declare a variable and also have the same variable be an object. Obviously it couldn't be done with what I did, but you get the picture.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Answer 1

Actually, you can.

var msg = {
    lipsum: "Lorem Ipsum",
    toString: function() {return "Hello World!"}
};