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typeOf

Determine a value's type.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/utils-type-of

Alternatively,

• To load the package in a website via a script tag without installation and bundlers, use the ES Module available on the esm branch (see README).
• If you are using Deno, visit the deno branch (see README for usage intructions).
• For use in Observable, or in browser/node environments, use the Universal Module Definition (UMD) build available on the umd branch (see README).

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To view installation and usage instructions specific to each branch build, be sure to explicitly navigate to the respective README files on each branch, as linked to above.

Usage

var typeOf = require( '@stdlib/utils-type-of' );

typeOf( value )

Returns a value's type.

var str = typeOf( 'a' );
// returns 'string'

str = typeOf( 5 );
// returns 'number'

description	value	type	notes
string	'beep'	'string'
number	5	'number'
NaN	NaN	'number'
infinity	+infinity/-infinity	'number'
boolean	true/false	'boolean'
null	null	'null'
undefined	undefined	'undefined'
array	['beep', 5]	'array'
object	{'foo': 'bar'}	'object'
function	function (){}	'function'
symbol	Symbol()	'symbol'	ES2015
regexp	/./	'regexp'	Android 4.1+
String	new String('beep')	'string'
Number	new Number(5)	'number'
Boolean	new Boolean(false)	'boolean'
Object	new Object()	'object'
Array	new Array()	'array'
Int8Array	new Int8Array()	'int8array'
Uint8Array	new Uint8Array()	'uint8array'
Uint8ClampedArray	new Uint8ClampedArray()	'uint8clampedarray'
Int16Array	new Int16Array()	'int16array'
Uint16Array	new Uint16Array()	'uint16array'
Int32Array	new Int32Array()	'int32array'
Uint32Array	new Uint32Array()	'uint32array'
Float32Array	new Float32Array()	'float32array'
Float64Array	new Float64Array()	'float64array'
ArrayBuffer	new ArrayBuffer()	'arraybuffer'
Buffer	new Buffer()	'buffer'	Node.js
Date	new Date()	'date'
RegExp	new RegExp('.')	'regexp'	Android 4.1+
Function	new Function('x', 'return x')	'function'
Map	new Map()	'map'	ES2015
WeakMap	new WeakMap()	'weakmap'	ES2015
Set	new Set()	'set'	ES2015
WeakSet	new WeakSet()	'weakset'	ES2015
Error	new Error()	'error'
TypeError	new TypeError()	'typeerror'
SyntaxError	new SyntaxError()	'syntaxerror'
ReferenceError	new ReferenceError()	'referenceerror'
URIError	new URIError()	'urierror'
RangeError	new RangeError()	'rangeerror'
EvalError	new EvalError()	'evalerror'
Math	Math	'math'
JSON	JSON	'json'	IE8+
arguments	(function(){return arguments;})()	'arguments'	IE9+
custom constructor	new Beep()	'beep'
anonymous constructor	new (function(){})()	''

Examples

var Float32Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float32' );
var Float64Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float64' );
var Int8Array = require( '@stdlib/array-int8' );
var Int16Array = require( '@stdlib/array-int16' );
var Int32Array = require( '@stdlib/array-int32' );
var Uint8Array = require( '@stdlib/array-uint8' );
var Uint8ClampedArray = require( '@stdlib/array-uint8c' );
var Uint16Array = require( '@stdlib/array-uint16' );
var Uint32Array = require( '@stdlib/array-uint32' );
var ArrayBuffer = require( '@stdlib/array-buffer' );
var Symbol = require( '@stdlib/symbol-ctor' );
var typeOf = require( '@stdlib/utils-type-of' );

var str = typeOf( 'a' );
// returns 'string'

str = typeOf( 5 );
// returns 'number'

str = typeOf( NaN );
// returns 'number'

str = typeOf( Infinity );
// returns 'number'

str = typeOf( true );
// returns 'boolean'

str = typeOf( false );
// returns 'boolean'

str = typeOf( void 0 );
// returns 'undefined'

str = typeOf( null );
// returns 'null'

str = typeOf( [] );
// returns 'array'

str = typeOf( {} );
// returns 'object'

str = typeOf( function noop() {} );
// returns 'function'

str = typeOf( new Map() );
// returns 'map'

str = typeOf( new WeakMap() );
// returns 'weakmap'

str = typeOf( new Set() );
// returns 'set'

str = typeOf( new WeakSet() );
// returns 'weakset'

str = typeOf( Symbol( 'beep' ) );
// returns 'symbol'

str = typeOf( new Error( 'beep' ) );
// returns 'error'

str = typeOf( new TypeError( 'beep' ) );
// returns 'typeerror'

str = typeOf( new SyntaxError( 'beep' ) );
// returns 'syntaxerror'

str = typeOf( new ReferenceError( 'beep' ) );
// returns 'referenceerror'

str = typeOf( new URIError( 'beep' ) );
// returns 'urierror'

str = typeOf( new EvalError( 'beep' ) );
// returns 'evalerror'

str = typeOf( new RangeError( 'beep' ) );
// returns 'rangeerror'

str = typeOf( new Date() );
// returns 'date'

str = typeOf( /./ );
// returns 'regexp'

str = typeOf( Math );
// returns 'math'

str = typeOf( JSON );
// returns 'json'

str = typeOf( new Int8Array( 10 ) );
// returns 'int8array'

str = typeOf( new Uint8Array( 10 ) );
// returns 'uint8array'

str = typeOf( new Int16Array( 10 ) );
// returns 'int16array'

str = typeOf( new Uint16Array( 10 ) );
// returns 'uint16array'

str = typeOf( new Int32Array( 10 ) );
// returns 'int32array'

str = typeOf( new Uint32Array( 10 ) );
// returns 'uint32array'

str = typeOf( new Float32Array( 10 ) );
// returns 'float32array'

str = typeOf( new Float64Array( 10 ) );
// returns 'float64array'

str = typeOf( new ArrayBuffer( 10 ) );
// returns 'arraybuffer'

function Person1() {
    return this;
}
str = typeOf( new Person1() );
// returns 'person1'

var Person2 = function () {
    return this;
};
str = typeOf( new Person2() );
// returns ''

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See Also

• @stdlib/utils-constructor-name: determine the name of a value's constructor.
• @stdlib/utils-native-class: determine the specification defined classification of an object.

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Notice

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