Generic type-checking

getType

// from https://blog.logrocket.com/javascript-typeof-2511d53a1a62

function getType(value) {
  var regex = /^\[object (\S+?)\]$/;
  var matches = Object.prototype.toString.call(value).match(regex) || [];
  
  return (matches[1] || 'undefined').toLowerCase();
}

console.log(type('')); // "string"
console.log(type('hello')); // "string"
console.log(type(String('hello'))); // "string"
console.log(type(new String('hello'))); // "string"

console.log(type(0)); // "number"
console.log(type(-0)); // "number"
console.log(type(0xff)); // "number"
console.log(type(-3.142)); // "number"
console.log(type(Infinity)); // "number"
console.log(type(-Infinity)); // "number"
console.log(type(NaN)); // "number"
console.log(type(Number(53))); // "number"
console.log(type(new Number(53))); // "number"

console.log(type(true)); // "boolean"
console.log(type(false)); // "boolean"
console.log(type(new Boolean(true))); // "boolean"

console.log(type(undefined)); // "undefined"

console.log(type(null)); // "null"

console.log(type(Symbol())); // "symbol"
console.log(type(Symbol.species)); // "symbol"

console.log(type([])); // "array"
console.log(type(Array(5))); // "array"

console.log((function() { return type(arguments) })()); // "arguments"

console.log(type(function() {})); // "function"
console.log(type(new Function)); // "function"

console.log(type(class {})); // "function"

console.log(type({})); // "object"
console.log(type(new Object)); // "object"

console.log(type(/^(.+)$/)); // "regexp"
console.log(type(new RegExp("^(.+)$"))); // "regexp"

console.log(type(new Date)); // "date"
console.log(type(new Set)); // "set"
console.log(type(new Map)); // "map"
console.log(type(new WeakSet)); // "weakset"
console.log(type(new WeakMap)); // "weakmap"