typeOf

Returns the type of the given argument as a string.

Syntax

typeOf(value)

Arguments

• value - Any value.

Examples

Basic types

typeOf("") // "string"
typeOf(1) // "int"
typeOf(1.1) // "float"
typeOf(1f) // "float"
typeOf(true) // "bool"
typeOf(null) // "null"
typeOf([]) // "array"
typeOf({}) // "map"

CLI usage — inspect a field's type

$ echo '{"value": 42}' | dasel -i json 'typeOf(value)'
int

Useful in conditionals

if (typeOf($this) == "string") { toLower($this) } else { $this }