Check if an object literal is an 'object'

Question

Why does the if statement not work, typeof says obj is an object.

var obj = {};
console.log(typeof obj);

if(obj === 'object') { console.log('working');}

Possible duplicate of [Check if a variable is an object in javascript](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8511281/check-if-a-variable-is-an-object-in-javascript) — ROMANIA_engineer, Dec 21 '15 at 09:14

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 21 '15 at 09:12

4

It should be

if (typeof obj === 'object')

for checking if the type is an object.

var obj = {};
document.write(typeof obj + '<br>');
if (typeof obj === 'object') {
    document.write('working');
}

answered Dec 21 '15 at 09:12

Nina Scholz

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 21 '15 at 09:12

3

Try:

if (typeof obj === 'object')

or

if (typeof obj == 'object')

answered Dec 21 '15 at 09:12

rharvey

2 Answers2