using-jquery-core/utility-methods: add type checking section #597
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@dmethvin can you give this a review? |
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| Since jQuery 1.9, `$.type()` will return `error` when calling it on error objects. |
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I would just let people read the docs for the details, to keep this simple.
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@RedWolves @dmethvin Updated my PR. |
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| Aditionally, there is `$.type()` which checks for the internal class used to create a value. You can see the method as a better alternative for the `typeof` operator. |
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| jQuery also offers utility methods to help determine the type of an arbitrary value. | |||
| jQuery also offers [utility methods](../using-jquery-core/utility-methods.md#testing-type) to help determine the type of an arbitrary value. | |||
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The link doesn't work it goes to /javascript-101/using-jquery-core/utility-methods.md#testing-type
You don't need the ../
You also don't need the .md
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you do need a leading /
this will work /using-jquery-core/utility-methods#testing-type
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@RedWolves Any more review on this? |
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nope looks good. Want to go ahead and land this? You have access now it looks like. |
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This PR adds info about type checking utility methods to
using-jquery-core/utility-methods. Would fix #404 on the while.