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Node module. typeOf('a string') == 'string', typeOf([]) == 'array', etc.. Also supports named functions detections aka javascript classes
Small node.js module that dramatically extends functionality of native typeof
Inspired by Batman.js typeOf util
UPD: now it returns lowercased name of any javascript class. Thanks to @BallBearing for idea
$ npm install typeof
var typeOf = require('typeof');
console.log(typeOf("a string"));
// -> "string"
console.log(typeOf([1, 2, 3, "array"]));
// -> "array"
console.log(typeOf(null));
// -> "null"
console.log(typeOf(new Buffer(0)));
// -> "buffer"
function MyClass() {
this.is = "class constructor"
}
console.log(typeOf(new MyClass));
// ->"myclass"
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Node module. typeOf('a string') == 'string', typeOf([]) == 'array', etc.. Also supports named functions detections aka javascript classes
The npm package typeof receives a total of 18,555 weekly downloads. As such, typeof popularity was classified as popular.
We found that typeof 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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