javascript - How can I tell the difference between a regular object and a jquery object (page element)?

Tuesday 24 September 2019

// var = {hey: "baby"};
// or 
// var = $('#thingy');

if(typeof var == 'object'){  // this is true for both =(

}

I need my code to be smart enough to be able to tell the difference between these two. What's the best way to accomplish that?

Answer

You can use the instanceof operator for this.

obj instanceof jQuery

In addition, I don't think you want to use "var" as a variable name. It's reserved to establish variable scope.

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