How to verify if a JavaScript object is an array? Explain with examples.



The JavaScript Array.isArray() method is used to verify if a JavaScript object is an array or not based on the Boolean value returned by it.

Following is the code to verify if JavaScript object is an array βˆ’

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" >
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>Document</title>
<style>
   body {
      font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
   }
   .result,.sample {
      font-size: 20px;
      font-weight: 500;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Verify if a JavaScript object is array</h1>
<div class="sample"></div>
<div style="color: green;" class="result"></div>
<button class="Btn">CLICK HERE</button>
<h3>
Click on the above button to verify if the above object is array or not
</h3>
<script>
   let sampleEle = document.querySelector(".sample");
   let resEle = document.querySelector(".result");
   let arr = [1,2,3,4,'A','B','C'];
   sampleEle.innerHTML = arr;
   document.querySelector(".Btn").addEventListener("click", () => {
      resEle.innerHTML = 'The above object is an array : '+Array.isArray(arr);
   });
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

The above code will produce the following output βˆ’

On clicking the β€˜CLICK HERE’ button βˆ’

Updated on: 2020-07-15T13:53:49+05:30

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