abbrev-kindof

Use abbreviations for checking type of given value. Like kindof(val, 'soa') to check that value is string, object or array.

Install

npm i abbrev-kindof --save

Usage

For more use-cases see the tests

const abbrevKindof = require('abbrev-kindof')

abbrevKindof

Check type of a val with abbreviations.

Params

• val {Mixed}: value to check
• type {String|Array}: list of single-letter (abbr) types
• returns {Boolean}: if true, so val match one of the abbreviated types

Example

// `soa` here means - string, object or array
abbrevKindof(123, 'soa')          //=> false
abbrevKindof('foo bar', 'soa')    //=> true
abbrevKindof({a: 123}, 'soa')     //=> true
abbrevKindof(['c', 'd'], 'soa')   //=> true

Available abbreviations

Using map-types

• a for array
• b for boolean
• f for function
• n for number
• o for object
• r for regexp
• s for string
• y for symbol

Related Libs

• assert-kindof: Check native type of the given value and throw TypeError if not okey. Expressive, elegant, behavior-driven API, good descriptive default error messages, simple and clean syntax. | homepage
• is-kindof: Check type of given javascript value. Support promises, generators, streams, and native types. Thin wrapper around kind-of module. | homepage
• kind-error: Base class for easily creating meaningful and quiet by default Error classes with sane defaults and assertion in mind. | homepage
• kind-of: Get the native type of a value. | homepage
• kind-of-extra: Extends kind-of type check utility with support for promises, generators, streams and errors. Like kindof(Promise.resolve(1)) === 'promise' and etc. | homepage
• kind-of-types: List of all javascript types. Used and useful for checking, validation, sanitizing and testing. Like isStream, isPromise, isWeakset and etc. | homepage

Contributing

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