better-typeof

What

better-typeof is a single JavaScript function that returns the type of a value.

Why

The native JavaScript typeof operator is just terrible.

typeof {};                       // object
typeof /a/;                      // object
typeof null;                     // object
typeof [];                       // object
typeof new String('foo');        // object

Installation

npm install --save better-typeof

Usage

const betterTypeof = require('better-typeof');

betterTypeof({});                // object
betterTypeof(/a/);               // regexp
betterTypeof(null);              // null
betterTypeof([]);                // array
betterTypeof(new String('foo')); // string