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title: "JavaScript is_scalar function"
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A JavaScript equivalent of PHP's is_scalar

{% codeblock var/is_scalar.js lang:js https://raw.github.com/kvz/phpjs/master/functions/var/is_scalar.js raw on github %}
function is_scalar (mixed_var) {
  // From: http://phpjs.org/functions
  // +   original by: Paulo Freitas
  // *     example 1: is_scalar(186.31);
  // *     returns 1: true
  // *     example 2: is_scalar({0: 'Kevin van Zonneveld'});
  // *     returns 2: false
  return (/boolean|number|string/).test(typeof mixed_var);
}
{% endcodeblock %}

 - [Raw function on GitHub](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/blob/master/functions/var/is_scalar.js)

Please note that php.js uses JavaScript objects as substitutes for PHP arrays, they are 
the closest match to this hashtable-like data structure. 

Please also note that php.js offers community built functions and goes by the 
[McDonald's Theory](https://medium.com/what-i-learned-building/9216e1c9da7d). We'll put online 
functions that are far from perfect, in the hopes to spark better contributions. 
Do you have one? Then please just: 

 - [Edit on GitHub](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/edit/master/functions/var/is_scalar.js)

### Example 1
This code
{% codeblock lang:js example %}
is_scalar(186.31);
{% endcodeblock %}

Should return
{% codeblock lang:js returns %}
true
{% endcodeblock %}

### Example 2
This code
{% codeblock lang:js example %}
is_scalar({0: 'Kevin van Zonneveld'});
{% endcodeblock %}

Should return
{% codeblock lang:js returns %}
false
{% endcodeblock %}


### Other PHP functions in the var extension
{% render_partial _includes/custom/var.html %}