Author -  Sai gowtham

Check if variable is a String in JavaScript

Learn, how to find out if a variable is a string or not in JavaScript with the help of examples.

Using typeof operator

To check if a given variable is a string, we can use the typeof operator in JavaScript.

The typeof operator returns the type of a given variable in string format.

Here is an example:

let user = 'gowtham';

if (typeof user === 'string') {
    console.log('variable is a string');
} else {
    console.log('variable is not a string');
}

Output:

"variable is a string"

In the above example, we have used if conditional with a typeof operator to check if a user variable is a string or not.

Similarly, we can also create our own reusable function.

function checkString(val){
   if(typeof val === 'string'){
       return true;
   }
   return false;
}

Now, our checkString() function returns true if a variable is a string, else it returns false.

let a = "impossible";
let b = 2234;

checkString(a); // true

checkString(b); // false

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