// get type of variable
var number = 1
var string = 'hello world'
var dict = {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3}
console.log(typeof number) // number
console.log(typeof string) // string
console.log(typeof dict) // object//typeof() will return the type of value in its parameters.
//some examples of types: undefined, NaN, number, string, object, array
//example of a practical usage
if (typeof(value) !== "undefined") {//also, make sure that the type name is a string
//execute code
}// Numbers
typeof 37 === 'number';
typeof 3.14 === 'number';
typeof(42) === 'number';
typeof Math.LN2 === 'number';
typeof Infinity === 'number';
typeof NaN === 'number'; // Despite being "Not-A-Number"
typeof Number('1') === 'number'; // Number tries to parse things into numbers
typeof Number('shoe') === 'number'; // including values that cannot be type coerced to a number
typeof 42n === 'bigint';
// Strings
typeof '' === 'string';
typeof 'bla' === 'string';
typeof `template literal` === 'string';
typeof '1' === 'string'; // note that a number within a string is still typeof string
typeof (typeof 1) === 'string'; // typeof always returns a string
typeof String(1) === 'string'; // String converts anything into a string, safer than toString
// Booleans
typeof true === 'boolean';
typeof false === 'boolean';
typeof Boolean(1) === 'boolean'; // Boolean() will convert values based on if they're truthy or falsy
typeof !!(1) === 'boolean'; // two calls of the ! (logical NOT) operator are equivalent to Boolean()
// Symbols
typeof Symbol() === 'symbol'
typeof Symbol('foo') === 'symbol'
typeof Symbol.iterator === 'symbol'
// Undefined
typeof undefined === 'undefined';
typeof declaredButUndefinedVariable === 'undefined';
typeof undeclaredVariable === 'undefined';
// Objects
typeof {a: 1} === 'object';
// use Array.isArray or Object.prototype.toString.call
// to differentiate regular objects from arrays
typeof [1, 2, 4] === 'object';
typeof new Date() === 'object';
typeof /regex/ === 'object'; // See Regular expressions section for historical results
// The following are confusing, dangerous, and wasteful. Avoid them.
typeof new Boolean(true) === 'object';
typeof new Number(1) === 'object';
typeof new String('abc') === 'object';
// Functions
typeof function() {} === 'function';
typeof class C {} === 'function';
typeof Math.sin === 'function';
// for Date and Regexp objects use instance of
if (dateObj instanceof Date) {}
if (object instanceof RegExp) {}if (typeof i != "number") {
console.log('This is not number');
}const name = 'ram';
typeof(name); // returns "string"
const number = 4;
typeof(number); //returns "number"
const valueChecked = true;
typeof(valueChecked); //returns "boolean"
const a = null;
typeof(a); // returns "object"exports.is = (data) => {
const isArray = Array.isArray(data) && 'array'
const isObject = data == {} && 'object'
const isNull = data == null && 'null'
const isGrouping = isArray || isObject || isNull
const isCheck = !isGrouping ? typeof data : isGrouping
const isTypeData = ['number','string','array','symbol','object','undefined','null','function', 'boolean']
const isMatch = isTypeData.indexOf(isCheck)
const isResult = isTypeData[isMatch]
return isResult
}