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Owen Gallagher
Owen Gallagher

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JavaScript type detection

This is one of those annoying things I have to relearn every time I come back to writing something in JS.

$ [] instanceof Array true $ '' instanceof String false $ typeof [] 'object' $ typeof '' 'string' $ typeof new String('') 'object' $ wow right of course 
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That, and this.

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