How to get a variable type in Typescript?

For :

abc:number|string;

Use the JavaScript operator typeof:

if (typeof abc === "number") {
    // do something
}

TypeScript understands typeof ð¹

This is called a typeguard.

For classes you would use instanceof e.g.

class Foo {}
class Bar {} 

// Later
if (fooOrBar instanceof Foo){
  // TypeScript now knows that `fooOrBar` is `Foo`
}

There are also other type guards e.g. in etc https://basarat.gitbooks.io/typescript/content/docs/types/typeGuard.html

I'd like to add that TypeGuards only work on strings or numbers, if you want to compare an object use instanceof

if(task.id instanceof UUID) {
  //foo
}

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