type of variable js code example

Example 1: get type of var js

function doSomething(x) {
  if(typeof(x) === 'string') {
    alert('x is a string')
  } else if(typeof(x) === 'number') {
    alert('x is a number')
  }
}

Example 2: type of variable js

// 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

Example 3: javascript get type of var

typeof operando

Example 4: how to get type of variable in javascript

> typeof "foo"
"string"
> typeof true
"boolean"
> typeof 42
"number"

Example 5: typeof in js

typeof("iAmAString");//This should return 'string'
//NO camelCase, as it is a JS Keyword

Example 6: check data type in js

var x = "Hello World";
typeof x; // "string"