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Returnstrue if the value is a primitive.

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Install withnpm:

$ npm install --save is-primitive

TheMozilla docs for "Primitive values" defines specifies six data types that are primitives:

• Boolean
• Null
• Undefined
• Number
• String
• Symbol (new in ECMAScript 6)

varisPrimitive=require('is-primitive');

All of the following returntrue:

console.log(isPrimitive(false));console.log(isPrimitive(true));console.log(isPrimitive(null));console.log(isPrimitive());console.log(isPrimitive(42));console.log(isPrimitive('abc'));console.log(isPrimitive(Symbol()));//=> true

Everything else returnsfalse:

console.log(isPrimitive({}));console.log(isPrimitive([]));console.log(isPrimitive(function(){}));console.log(isPrimitive(newDate()));// et cetera...//=> false

$ npm install&& npmtest

$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme&& verb

You might also be interested in these projects:

• is-number: Returns true if the value is a number. comprehensive tests. |homepage
• is-plain-object: Returns true if an object was created by theObject constructor. |homepage
• kind-of: Get the native type of a value. |homepage

Jon Schlinkert

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Copyright © 2017,Jon Schlinkert.Released under theMIT License.

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