Better typeof. Detects real type of the objects like Array(), new Number(1), new Boolean(true), etc.
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| precise-typeof.js | 1.69 kB |
| precise-typeof.min.js | 809 B |
| precise-typeof.min.js.gz | 391 B |
$ yarn add precise-typeofor
$ npm install --save precise-typeofvar typeOf = require('precise-typeof'); typeOf({}); // -> 'object' typeOf(new function(){}); // -> 'object' typeOf([]); // -> 'array' typeOf(25); // -> 'number' typeOf(Infinity); // -> 'number' typeOf('ABC'); // -> 'string' typeOf(function(){}); // -> 'function' typeOf(Math.sin); // -> 'function' typeOf(undefined); // -> 'undefined' typeOf(true); // -> 'boolean' typeOf(null); // -> 'null' typeOf(NaN); // -> 'nan' // object values typeOf(new Object()); // -> 'object' typeOf(new Array()); // -> 'array' typeOf(new Number(5)); // -> 'number' typeOf(new Number(Infinity)); // -> 'number' typeOf(new String('ABC')); // -> 'string' typeOf(new Function('a', 'b', 'return a + b')); // -> 'function' typeOf(new Boolean()); // -> 'boolean' typeOf(new Number('blabla')); // -> 'nan' // instances typeOf(new function Moment(){}); // -> 'object' // special objects typeOf(/s/); // -> 'regexp' typeOf(new Date()); // -> 'date' typeOf(Math); // -> 'math' typeOf(new Error()); // -> 'error' typeOf(arguments); // -> 'arguments' // node typeOf(global); // -> 'global' typeOf(process); // -> 'process' typeOf(Buffer('B')); // -> 'buffer' typeOf(new Buffer(2)); // -> 'buffer' typeOf(Buffer([62, 64, 66])); // -> 'buffer' // es6 typeOf(Symbol('A')); // -> 'symbol' // browser typeOf(window); // -> 'global' typeOf(document); // -> 'html' typeOf(document.body); // -> 'html' typeOf(document.getElementsByTagName('html')[0]); // -> 'html' typeOf(document.getElementsByTagName('div')); // -> 'html' typeOf(document.createElement('a')); // -> 'html' typeOf(document.createTextNode('Abcd')); // -> 'text' typeOf(document.createComment('abcd')); // -> 'comment' typeOf(document.createEvent('Event')); // -> 'event' typeOf(document.createEvent('UIEvents')); // -> 'event' typeOf(document.createEvent('HTMLEvents')); // -> 'event' typeOf(document.createEvent('MouseEvents')); // -> 'event'With pojoOnly flag it only reports Plain-Old Javascript Objects as object, and reports "instances" by their constructor names (e.g. Moment for moment instance). In case if object was created from the nameless function, it will be reported as unknown.
var typeOf = require('precise-typeof'); // reported differently with `{pojoOnly: true}` typeOf(new function Moment(){}, {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'Moment' typeOf(new function ABC(){}, {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'ABC' typeOf(new function(){}, {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'unknown' // same with or without `{pojoOnly: true}` typeOf({}, {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'object' typeOf([], {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'array' typeOf(25, {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'number' typeOf(Infinity, {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'number' typeOf('ABC', {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'string' typeOf(function(){}, {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'function' typeOf(Math.sin, {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'function' typeOf(undefined, {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'undefined' typeOf(true, {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'boolean' typeOf(null, {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'null' typeOf(NaN, {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'nan' typeOf(new Object(), {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'object' typeOf(new Array(), {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'array' typeOf(new Number(5), {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'number' typeOf(new Number(Infinity), {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'number' typeOf(new String('ABC'), {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'string' typeOf(new Function(), {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'function' typeOf(new Boolean(), {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'boolean' typeOf(new Number('blabla'), {pojoOnly: true}); // -> 'nan'Precise-TypeOf is released under the MIT license.