@jest/get-type
Advanced tools
The 'typeof' operator in JavaScript is a built-in feature that provides similar functionality to @jest/get-type by returning a string indicating the type of the unevaluated operand. However, it is limited to basic types and does not handle complex types like arrays or null as effectively as @jest/get-type.
Lodash is a popular utility library that includes a variety of functions for type checking, such as _.isString, _.isNumber, and _.isArray. While it offers more comprehensive utility functions beyond type checking, it is larger in size compared to @jest/get-type, which is focused solely on type determination.
Type-detect is a library that provides more detailed type detection than the native 'typeof' operator. It offers similar functionality to @jest/get-type, with the ability to distinguish between different object types, such as arrays and dates. It is a lightweight alternative for type detection.
FAQs
A utility function to get the type of a value
The npm package @jest/get-type receives a total of 14,680,962 weekly downloads. As such, @jest/get-type popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @jest/get-type demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 5 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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