Get the native type of a value.
Most of use would have faced nuances of typeof like below:
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| > typeof (null)
'object'
> typeof /RE/
'object'
> typeof (new Date())
'object'
> typeof []
'object'
> typeof {}
'object'
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kind-of just fixes these issues and is also ES6 ready.
Get it: npm install --save kind-of
Sample usage:
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| var kindOf = require('kind-of');
kindOf(undefined);
//=> 'undefined'
kindOf(null);
//=> 'null'
kindOf(true);
//=> 'boolean'
kindOf(false);
//=> 'boolean'
kindOf(new Boolean(true));
//=> 'boolean'
kindOf(new Buffer(''));
//=> 'buffer'
kindOf(42);
//=> 'number'
kindOf(new Number(42));
//=> 'number'
kindOf('str');
//=> 'string'
kindOf(new String('str'));
//=> 'string'
kindOf(arguments);
//=> 'arguments'
kindOf({});
//=> 'object'
kindOf(Object.create(null));
//=> 'object'
kindOf(new Test());
//=> 'object'
kindOf(new Date());
//=> 'date'
kindOf([]);
//=> 'array'
kindOf([1, 2, 3]);
//=> 'array'
kindOf(new Array());
//=> 'array'
kindOf(/foo/);
//=> 'regexp'
kindOf(new RegExp('foo'));
//=> 'regexp'
kindOf(function () {});
//=> 'function'
kindOf(function * () {});
//=> 'function'
kindOf(new Function());
//=> 'function'
kindOf(new Map());
//=> 'map'
kindOf(new WeakMap());
//=> 'weakmap'
kindOf(new Set());
//=> 'set'
kindOf(new WeakSet());
//=> 'weakset'
kindOf(Symbol('str'));
//=> 'symbol'
kindOf(new Int8Array());
//=> 'int8array'
kindOf(new Uint8Array());
//=> 'uint8array'
kindOf(new Uint8ClampedArray());
//=> 'uint8clampedarray'
kindOf(new Int16Array());
//=> 'int16array'
kindOf(new Uint16Array());
//=> 'uint16array'
kindOf(new Int32Array());
//=> 'int32array'
kindOf(new Uint32Array());
//=> 'uint32array'
kindOf(new Float32Array());
//=> 'float32array'
kindOf(new Float64Array());
//=> 'float64array'
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GIF FTW
