JavaScript is known for its dynamic typing nature, where types are converted as needed through type coercion.
To ensure a specific type is used in your function, you must validate it within your code.
For instance:
function myFunction(value) {
if (typeof value !== "string") {
throw new Error("not a string");
}
console.log(value);
}
Note that this example demonstrates the concept only.
Even when passing a var x = new String("hello")
to the function, an error will be thrown since the typeof x
is object
.
Therefore, extra caution should be taken during such checks.