Better typeof detection for node.js and the browser.
npm install tea-type> Better typeof detection and assertions for node.js and the browser.
tea-type is available on npm.
$ npm install tea-type
tea-type is available as a component.
$ component install qualiancy/tea-type
Simple usage returns a more accurate typeof string. Examples augmented with
chai assertions.
``js
var type = requre('tea-type');
type([ 1,2 ]).should.equal('array');
type('hello world').should.equal('string');
type(/abc/g).should.equal('regexp');
type(new Date).should.equal('data');
// etc...
`
Also, simple testing of object types.
`js`
type.is([], 'array').should.be.true;
type.is('1', 'number').should.be.false;
// etc
But you can also add your own custom type tests using .test(). The test
can be a regular expression or function.
`js
// regular expression
type.test('int', /^[0-9]+$/);
type.is('1', 'int').should.be.true;
type.is('a', 'int').should.be.false;
// function
type.test('bln', function (obj) {
if ('boolean' === type(obj)) return true;
var blns = [ 'yes', 'no', 'true', 'false', 1, 0 ];
if ('string' === type(obj)) obj = obj.toLowerCase();
return !! ~blns.indexOf(obj);
});
type.is(true, 'bln').should.be.true;
type.is(false, 'bln').should.be.true;
type.is('Yes', 'bln').should.be.true;
type.is('no', 'bln').should.be.true;
type.is('true', 'bln').should.be.true;
type.is('False', 'bln').should.be.true;
type.is(1, 'bln').should.be.true;
type.is(0, 'bln').should.be.true;
type.is(2, 'bln').should.be.false;
type.is('nope', 'bln').should.be.false;
``
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2012 Jake Luer
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