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Better typeof
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| // We know typeof has problms, here is a better solution | |
| Object.toType = function(obj) { | |
| return ({}).toString.call(obj).match(/\s([a-z|A-Z]+)/)[1].toLowerCase(); | |
| } | |
| // Examples: | |
| Object.toType(window); //"global" (all browsers) | |
| Object.toType([1,2,3]); //"array" (all browsers) | |
| Object.toType(/a-z/); //"regexp" (all browsers) | |
| Object.toType(JSON); //"json" (all browsers) |
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