Cast a string (where possible) to a primitive type.
stereotype('undefined'); //=> undefined
stereotype('null'); //=> null
stereotype('NaN'); //=> NaN
stereotype('Infinity'); //=> Infinity
stereotype('true'); //=> true
stereotype('3.14'); //=> 3.14
stereotype('0xFF'); //=> 255
stereotype({}); //=> {}
stereotype('foo'); //=> 'foo'
More usage examples are in the tests.
Returns, where possible, obj cast to a primitive type. Otherwise returns obj if obj is not a string, or if obj cannot be cast to a primitive.
Install via npm:
$ npm i --save stereotype
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Cast a string (where possible) to a primitive type.
The npm package stereotype receives a total of 7,778 weekly downloads. As such, stereotype popularity was classified as popular.
We found that stereotype demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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