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urtype() is a one-line wrapper for Object.prototype.toString.call() that extracts the second word as the "urtype" (Anglophone misappropriation of Germanic prefix -- guilty as charged)
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const urtype = (x) => Object.prototype.toString.call(x).split(' ')[1].slice(0, -1) | |
// examples | |
[ | |
['undefined primitive', undefined], | |
['undefined via void operator', void ''], | |
['null', null], | |
['boolean primitive', true], | |
['number primitive', 123], | |
['string primitive', 'I feel pretty'], | |
['symbol primitive', Symbol('Oh so pretty')], | |
['modest BigInt', 1n], | |
['cheeky BigInt', BigInt(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER) + 1n], | |
['object', {foo: 'bar'}], | |
['array', ['I', 'feel', 'pretty', 'and', 'witty', 'and', 'gay']], | |
['Map', new Map()], | |
['Int8Array', new Int8Array()], | |
].forEach(([label, testInput]) => console.log(`${label} : ${urtype(testInput)}`)) | |
// undefined primitive : Undefined | |
// undefined via void operator : Undefined | |
// null : Null | |
// boolean primitive : Boolean | |
// number primitive : Number | |
// string primitive : String | |
// symbol primitive : Symbol | |
// modest BigInt : BigInt | |
// cheeky BigInt : BigInt | |
// object : Object | |
// array : Array | |
// Map : Map | |
// Int8Array : Int8Array |
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