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1 <!-- 2 3 @license Apache-2.0 4 5 Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors. 6 7 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 8 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 9 You may obtain a copy of the License at 10 11 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 12 13 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 14 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 15 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 16 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 17 limitations under the License. 18 19 --> 20 21 # isSymbol 22 23 > Test if a value is a [symbol][mdn-symbol]. 24 25 <section class="usage"> 26 27 ## Usage 28 29 ```javascript 30 var isSymbol = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-symbol' ); 31 ``` 32 33 #### isSymbol( value ) 34 35 Tests if a value is a [symbol][mdn-symbol]. 36 37 ```javascript 38 var Symbol = require( '@stdlib/symbol/ctor' ); 39 40 var bool = isSymbol( Symbol( 'beep' ) ); 41 // returns true 42 43 bool = isSymbol( Object( Symbol( 'beep' ) ) ); 44 // returns true 45 ``` 46 47 #### isSymbol.isPrimitive( value ) 48 49 Tests if a `value` is a primitive [symbol][mdn-symbol]. 50 51 ```javascript 52 var Symbol = require( '@stdlib/symbol/ctor' ); 53 54 var bool = isSymbol.isPrimitive( Symbol( 'beep' ) ); 55 // returns true 56 57 bool = isSymbol.isPrimitive( Object( Symbol( 'boop' ) ) ); 58 // returns false 59 ``` 60 61 #### isSymbol.isObject( value ) 62 63 Tests if a `value` is a [`Symbol`][mdn-symbol] object. 64 65 ```javascript 66 var Symbol = require( '@stdlib/symbol/ctor' ); 67 68 var bool = isSymbol.isObject( Symbol( 'beep' ) ); 69 // returns false 70 71 bool = isSymbol.isObject( Object( Symbol( 'boop' ) ) ); 72 // returns true 73 ``` 74 75 </section> 76 77 <!-- /.usage --> 78 79 <section class="examples"> 80 81 ## Examples 82 83 <!-- eslint-disable no-restricted-syntax, no-empty-function --> 84 85 <!-- eslint no-undef: "error" --> 86 87 ```javascript 88 var hasSymbolSupport = require( '@stdlib/assert/has-symbol-support' ); 89 var Symbol = require( '@stdlib/symbol/ctor' ); 90 var isSymbol = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-symbol' ); 91 92 var bool; 93 if ( hasSymbolSupport() ) { 94 bool = isSymbol( Symbol( 'beep' ) ); 95 // returns true 96 } else { 97 console.log( 'Environment does not support symbols.' ); 98 } 99 bool = isSymbol( 'beep' ); 100 // returns false 101 102 bool = isSymbol( {} ); 103 // returns false 104 105 bool = isSymbol( [] ); 106 // returns false 107 108 bool = isSymbol( null ); 109 // returns false 110 111 bool = isSymbol( void 0 ); 112 // returns false 113 114 bool = isSymbol( true ); 115 // returns false 116 117 bool = isSymbol( function foo() {} ); 118 // returns false 119 ``` 120 121 </section> 122 123 <!-- /.examples --> 124 125 <section class="links"> 126 127 [mdn-symbol]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Symbol 128 129 </section> 130 131 <!-- /.links -->