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Javascript: Function - is_empty(obj)
function is_empty(obj) {
"use strict";
// Assume if it has a length property with a non-zero value
// that that property is correct.
if (obj.length && obj.length > 0){ return false; }
if (obj.length && obj.length === 0){return true; }
for (var key in obj) {
if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, key)) { return false; }
}
return true;
}
// Examples
console.log(
is_empty(""), // True
is_empty([]), // True
is_empty({}), // True
is_empty({length: 0, custom_property: []}), // True
is_empty("Hello"), // False
is_empty([1,2,3]), // False
is_empty({test: 1}), // False
is_empty({length: 3, custom_property: [1,2,3]}) // False
);
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