Really get an object's type in JavaScript
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| function toType(obj) { | |
| var systype = ({}).toString.call(obj).match(/\s([a-zA-Z]+)/)[1]; | |
| if (systype === "Object") { | |
| /** | |
| * See if this is a custom user type, a la: | |
| * function Foo() {} | |
| * foo = new Foo(); | |
| * toType(foo); // returns "Foo" | |
| * toType(Foo); // returns "Function" | |
| */ | |
| var usertype = obj.constructor.toString().match(/function (.*?)\(/)[1]; | |
| return usertype; | |
| } else { | |
| return systype; | |
| } | |
| } |
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what about foo.constructor.name?