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Glad Chinda
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Sep 27, 2018 â‹… 7 min read

JavaScript typeof: Understanding type checking in JavaScript

Glad Chinda Full-stack web developer learning new hacks one day at a time. Web technology enthusiast. Hacking stuffs @theflutterwave.

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One Reply to "JavaScript <code>typeof</code>: Understanding type checking in JavaScript"

  1. Thank you for your blog. It has been very useful to me to understand “typing” in JavaScript.
    However your getType(value) function in “Generic type-checking” is not working, the regex expression is incorrect. You should replace it by
    let regex = /^\[object\s(\S+?)\]$/;

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