typeOf()
Either gets the type of a value or adds a constructor registering its custom type name.
This function is valid in
v2.8.0 to v2.24.3.
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Parameters
{*}
value
A value whose type name will be returned. Alternatively if opt_typeNameToAdd
is passed this must be the constructor for the corresponding type name.
{string=}
opt_typeNameToAdd
Optional
If specified, value
will be looked for within an array of all known constructors and if not found a new entry will be added along with this given type name.
Returns
{string|boolean}
If opt_typeNameToAdd
was omitted a string representation of value
's type usually capitalized unless "null"
or "undefined"
is returned. If opt_typeNameToAdd
is given, the constructor passed as value
will be searched and a boolean indicating whether or not it needed to be added will be returned.
Required Functions
This function directly requires the following functions which are included automatically:
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isPrimitive()
Determines if something is a primitive or not. If not a primitive it must be some form of object.
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isPrototype()
Determines if an object is a prototype object.
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kindsOf()
Retrieves all of the associated type names for a value.
Requiring Functions
This function is directly required by the following functions:
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around()
Gets the substrings around a specific target.
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call()
Calls a function whether it be a global prototype function or a YourJS function or a custom bindable.
-
calls()
Makes multiple calls using the YourJS call()
function.
-
chain()
Creates a chained version of a value.
-
count()
Count how many items in an array or an object pass a given tester function.
-
css()
Creates a CSS stylesheet from an JSON representation of a stylesheet.
-
dice()
Dices up a string splitting it on the passed in delimiter and placing the results in an array while making sure that the empty string is converted to an empty array.
-
dom()
Creates HTML DOM objects.
-
expandRegExp()
Expands regular expressions by expanding the character classes. Supports [:alnum:]
, [:alpha:]
, [:digit:]
, [:punct:]
, [:space:]
, or [:xdigit:]
and allows for addition of other character classes.
-
findByProp()
Looks for the first value in an array whose given property matches the criteria.
-
findNth()
Gets the nth value matching target
in subject
.
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flatten()
Create a flattened copy of an array.
-
forEach()
Traverses all the characters in a string or all of the elements in an array or an array-like object, executing a function on each one.
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forOf()
Traverses all the characters in a string or all of the items in an array or an object, executing a function on each one.
-
getCookie()
Retrieves one or more cookies.
-
groupBy()
Takes an array and groups the items together based on a given hasher function.
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isArguments()
Determines if the given value is of type Arguments
as specified by typeOf()
.
-
isArrayLike()
Determines if an object is an array or at least array-like.
-
isError()
Determines if a value is an Error
object.
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isFullOf()
Determines if an array, array-like object, or an object is full of items that match a specific type or tester function.
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isType()
Determines if a value is of a specific type or one of a list of specific types.
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isTypeFor()
Creates a partial isType()
function.
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kindsOf()
Retrieves all of the associated type names for a value.
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modURL()
Modifie a URL.
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parseQS()
Parses a URL to get the parameters specified in the query string.
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replace()
Replace targeted substrings with new strings.
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sortBy()
Shallow copies and sorts an array given specific criteria.
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uneval()
Creates a string representation of the given object or primitive.