typeof bar === "object" is the way of checking if bar is an object, but in JavaScript that null is also considered an object.

Therefore, the following code will surprise most of developers, log true (not false) to the console:

var bar = null;
console.log(typeof bar === "object");  // logs true!
As long as one is aware of this, the problem can easily be avoided by also checking if bar is null:

console.log((bar !== null) && (typeof bar === "object"));  // logs false

 there are two other things :

1) the above solution will return false if bar is a function. In most cases, this is the desired behavior, but in situations where you want to also return true for functions code will be:

console.log((bar !== null) && ((typeof bar === "object") || (typeof bar === "function")));

2) the above solution will return true if bar is an array (e.g., if var bar = [];). In most cases, this is the desired behavior, since arrays are indeed objects, but in situations where you want to also false for arrays, code will be:

console.log((bar !== null) && (typeof bar === "object") && (toString.call(bar) !== "[object Array]"));

typeof bar === "object" is the way of checking if bar is an object, but in JavaScript that null is also considered an object.

Therefore, the following code will surprise most of developers, log true (not false) to the console:

var bar = null;
console.log(typeof bar === "object");  // logs true!
As long as one is aware of this, the problem can easily be avoided by also checking if bar is null:

console.log((bar !== null) && (typeof bar === "object"));  // logs false

 there are two other things :

1) the above solution will return false if bar is a function. In most cases, this is the desired behavior, but in situations where you want to also return true for functions code will be:

console.log((bar !== null) && ((typeof bar === "object") || (typeof bar === "function")));

2) the above solution will return true if bar is an array (e.g., if var bar = [];). In most cases, this is the desired behavior, since arrays are indeed objects, but in situations where you want to also false for arrays, code will be:

console.log((bar !== null) && (typeof bar === "object") && (toString.call(bar) !== "[object Array]"));

typeof bar === "object" is the way of checking if bar is an object, but in JavaScript that null is also considered an object.

Therefore, the following code will surprise most of developers, log true (not false) to the console:

var bar = null;
console.log(typeof bar === "object");  // logs true!
As long as one is aware of this, the problem can easily be avoided by also checking if bar is null:

console.log((bar !== null) && (typeof bar === "object"));  // logs false

 there are two other things :

1) the above solution will return false if bar is a function. In most cases, this is the desired behavior, but in situations where you want to also return true for functions code will be:

console.log((bar !== null) && ((typeof bar === "object") || (typeof bar === "function")));

2) the above solution will return true if bar is an array (e.g., if var bar = [];). In most cases, this is the desired behavior, since arrays are indeed objects, but in situations where you want to also false for arrays, code will be:

console.log((bar !== null) && (typeof bar === "object") && (toString.call(bar) !== "[object Array]"));