Namespace: Basic:getType

Basic:getType

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Methods

getType(valueopt) → {String}

Prod-ready type detection for values, expanding on flawed typeof functionality, roughly following https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/typeof, but expanding on useful frontend types like "htmldocument", "htmlelement", "htmlcollection" and "nodelist"

Types:

  • "undefined"
  • "null"
  • "boolean"
  • "number"
  • "bigint"
  • "string"
  • "symbol"
  • "function"
  • "object"
  • "array"
  • "date"
  • "error"
  • "generator"
  • "iterator"
  • "regexp"
  • "set"
  • "weakset"
  • "map"
  • "weakmap"
  • "htmldocument"
  • "htmlelement"
  • "svgelement"
  • "htmlcollection"
  • "nodelist"
  • "window"
  • "url"
  • "urlsearchparams"
Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
value * <optional>

variable to check the type of
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Returns:
the value type in lower case
Type
String
Example
if( getType(cb) === 'function' ){
    ...
}