Get the name of an object's type

Question

Is there a JavaScript equivalent of Java\'s class.getName()?

Answer 1

Fairly Simple!

• My favorite method to get type of anything in JS

function getType(entity){
    var x = Object.prototype.toString.call(entity)
    return x.split(" ")[1].split(']')[0].toLowerCase()
}

• my favorite method to check type of anything in JS

function checkType(entity, type){
    return getType(entity) === type
}