JavaScript/Reserved words/typeof

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The typeof keyword[edit | edit source]

The typeof keyword is a unary operator that returns a string giving the type of the parametre.

Syntax[edit | edit source]

  typeof[(]expression[)];

The operator returns six values, which are boolean, function, number, object, string, and undefined.

Examples[edit | edit source]

  theArray = new Array();
  if (typeof(theArray) == 'object') {
    []
  }
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