javascript get datatype 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: check data type in javascript

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

Example 3: check data type in js

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

Example 4: javascript datatypes

dataTypes = {
    Numbers = 1,2,3, 100, 3.14
    Strings = 'Hello, World' "helloworld@gmail.com
    Boolean = true / false
    Null = 'Explicitly set a variable with no Value'
    Undefined = 'For variable that have not yet been defined'
    Object = 'Complex data structures - Arrays, Dates, Literals etc'
    Symbol = 'Used with objects' // usually not needed
}

Example 5: javascript all type of data

let a = ["A", 1, true, [], [2, 'x'],{},{a:'B'}, NaN, undefined, null];
let s = a.toString();
console.log(s);//"A,1,true,,2,x,[object Object],[object Object],NaN,, "