check type js code example

Example 1: 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 2: javascript find type of variable

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

if(typeof bar === 'number') {
   //whatever
}

Example 3: check type javascript

console.log(typeof "how are you?")
"string"
console.log(typeof false) / console.log(typeof true)
"boolean"
console.log(typeof 100)
"number"

Example 4: node js check type of variable

if (typeof i != "number") {
    console.log('This is not number');
}

Example 5: type of javascript

//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
}

Example 6: check data type in javascript

typeof("string"); //string
typeof(123); //number