Mobile and web design development (Android, iPhone, WordPress)
Google+TwitterLinkedinFacebook
Subscribe
Hometype checking

Type checking

How to check if a Javascript variable is an array

Posted on Aug 31 2008 by gi Comments: None yet Filed under: , , , HTML, CSS & JavaScript

Looking for the simplest way to check if a Javascript variable / object is an array? Here’s a simple way on how to check for an Array variable in javascript:

function isArray(variable) {
if (variable.constructor == Array)
return true;
else
return false;
}

or better yet, just do this:

function isArray(variable) {
return (variable.constructor == Array);
}