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• cast2type()
• isEmpty()

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cast2type

cast2type - Cast any type to any other type or return null

Description

cast2type( value, type, noTypeConversion = true, customSplitter = null, customStrFalseValues = null ) // *

Cast values from one type to another.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
value	*	-	Value to convert
type	String	-	Type to convert to
noTypeConversion	Boolean	true	Do not convert across types (Array,Object,String)
customSplitter	String	','	Splitter string
customStrFalseValues	Array	['0','false','off','']	String values that evaluate to false

Return Values

Type/Value	Description
null	Empty or invalid conversion
any	Converted value

Examples

cast2type('true','boolean'); // true

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isEmpty

isEmpty - Check if a value is empty

Description

isEmpty( value ) // boolean

Will check if a value is empty, the value can be a string or object, any other type is never empty.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
value	*	-	Value to check

Return Values

Type/Value	Description
boolean	True if the supplied value is empty

Examples

isEmpty( {} ); // true
isEmpty( '' ); // true
isEmpty( [] ); // true
isEmpty( null ); // true
isEmpty( 0 ); // true
isEmpty( false ); // true
isEmpty(); // true

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