How to check if an object is an array?

Question

I\'m trying to write a function that either accepts a list of strings, or a single string. If it\'s a string, then I want to convert it to an array with just the one item so

Answer 1

There is a nice example in Stoyan Stefanov's book JavaScript Patterns which suppose to handle all possible problems as well as utilize ECMAScript 5 method Array.isArray().

So here it is:

if (typeof Array.isArray === "undefined") {
    Array.isArray = function (arg) {
        return Object.prototype.toString.call(arg) === "[object Array]";
    };
}

By the way, if you are using jQuery, you can use it's method $.isArray()