which-boxed-primitive
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Package description
The `which-boxed-primitive` npm package is designed to help developers identify the type of boxed primitives (objects that encapsulate primitive values) in JavaScript. This can be particularly useful when working with code that needs to distinguish between different types of object wrappers around primitive values, such as `Number`, `String`, `Boolean`, `Symbol`, `BigInt`, etc.
Identifying boxed primitives
This feature allows developers to pass an object to the `whichBoxedPrimitive` function and receive a string indicating the type of boxed primitive, or `undefined` if the object is not a boxed primitive. This can be useful for type checking and ensuring that certain operations are only performed on the expected types of objects.
"use strict";\nconst whichBoxedPrimitive = require('which-boxed-primitive');\n\nconsole.log(whichBoxedPrimitive(new String('hello'))); // 'String'\nconsole.log(whichBoxedPrimitive(new Number(123))); // 'Number'\nconsole.log(whichBoxedPrimitive(new Boolean(true))); // 'Boolean'\nconsole.log(whichBoxedPrimitive(Object(Symbol('sym')))); // 'Symbol'\nconsole.log(whichBoxedPrimitive(Object(BigInt(10)))); // 'BigInt'\nconsole.log(whichBoxedPrimitive([])); // undefined (not a boxed primitive)"The `kind-of` package is similar to `which-boxed-primitive` in that it provides a way to check the type of a value in JavaScript. However, `kind-of` goes beyond just boxed primitives and can identify many other types, including arrays, regular expressions, dates, and more. This makes `kind-of` more versatile for general type checking, but potentially less focused if the specific need is to identify boxed primitives.
The `is` package offers a collection of type-check functions, such as `is.string`, `is.number`, and so on, which can be used to determine the type of a given value. While it includes functions for checking boxed types (e.g., `is.object` and specific checks for boxed types), it is broader in scope and includes checks for many other types of values. Compared to `which-boxed-primitive`, `is` provides a more granular approach to type checking at the cost of requiring more specific function calls for each type.
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Which kind of boxed JS primitive is this? This module works cross-realm/iframe, does not depend on instanceof or mutable properties, and works despite ES6 Symbol.toStringTag.
var whichBoxedPrimitive = require('which-boxed-primitive');
var assert = require('assert');
// unboxed primitives return `null`
// boxed primitives return the builtin contructor name
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(undefined), null);
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(null), null);
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(false), null);
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(true), null);
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(new Boolean(false)), 'Boolean');
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(new Boolean(true)), 'Boolean');
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(42), null);
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(NaN), null);
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(Infinity), null);
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(new Number(42)), 'Number');
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(new Number(NaN)), 'Number');
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(new Number(Infinity)), 'Number');
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(''), null);
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive('foo'), null);
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(new String('')), 'String');
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(new String('foo')), 'String');
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(Symbol()), null);
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(Object(Symbol()), 'Symbol');
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(42n), null);
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(Object(42n), 'BigInt');
// non-boxed-primitive objects return `undefined`
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive([]), undefined);
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive({}), undefined);
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(/a/g), undefined);
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(new RegExp('a', 'g')), undefined);
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(new Date()), undefined);
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(function () {}), undefined);
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(function* () {}), undefined);
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive(x => x * x), undefined);
assert.equal(whichBoxedPrimitive([]), undefined);
Simply clone the repo, npm install, and run npm test
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