“any” in Typescript

Question

I am beginner in typescript. I have a doubt in usage of \"any\" type.

Using \"any\" is basically opting out type checking if I am right. For example

Answer 1

Any: any type. Used when impossible to know the type. When you declare type as any, you can reassign any type of value in that variable.

var num:any = 12;
num = boolean;
num = "abcd"