Check if a value is an object in JavaScript

Question

How do you check if a value is an object in JavaScript?

Answer 1

Little late... for "plain objects" (i mean, like {'x': 5, 'y': 7}) i have this little snippet:

function isPlainObject(o) {
   return (o === null || Array.isArray(o) || typeof o == 'function' || o.constructor === Date ) ?
           false
          :(typeof o == 'object');
}

It generates the next output:

console.debug(isPlainObject(isPlainObject)); //function, false
console.debug(isPlainObject({'x': 6, 'y': 16})); //literal object, true
console.debug(isPlainObject(5)); //number, false
console.debug(isPlainObject(undefined)); //undefined, false
console.debug(isPlainObject(null)); //null, false
console.debug(isPlainObject('a')); //string, false
console.debug(isPlainObject([])); //array?, false
console.debug(isPlainObject(true)); //bool, false
console.debug(isPlainObject(false)); //bool, false

It always works for me. If will return "true" only if the type of "o" is "object", but no null, or array, or function. :)