How to better check data types in javascript

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To check what data type something has in javascript is not always the easiest. The language itself provides an operator called typeof for that which works in a straightforward way. Typeof returns a string of what a values data type is, so for an object "object" is returned and for a string "string". However javascripts..

Strings in javascript and their properties and methods

Strings in javascript This chapter is about strings in javascript. What a string is, is a sequence of characters like letters, numbers, symbols and spaces for instance to represent some kind of text. It's a data type that's used all the time for all sorts of things, and isn't unique for just javascript in any..