Check if user is using IE

Question

I am calling a function like the one below by click on divs with a certain class.

Is there a way I can check when starting the function if a user is using Internet

Answer 1

This is how the Angularjs team is doing it (v 1.6.5):

var msie, // holds major version number for IE, or NaN if UA is not IE.

// Support: IE 9-11 only
/**
 * documentMode is an IE-only property
 * http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/cc196988(v=vs.85).aspx
 */
msie = window.document.documentMode;

Then there are several lines of code scattered throughout using it as a number such as

if (event === 'input' && msie <= 11) return false;

and

if (enabled && msie < 8) {