0.6.2

add isSymbol checker until type modules adds it.

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uci-utils/type",
-  "version": "0.6.1",
+  "version": "0.6.2",
   "description": "A variable type check and casting utility - extension of typechecker package plus type casting",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "type": "module",
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.3.4",
-    "mocha": "^8.3.2",
+    "mocha": "^8.4.0",
     "nodemon": "^2.0.7"
   }
 }

src/check.js

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ customTypeChecker.isBuffer = function isBuffer(obj) {
   return !!obj.constructor && typeof obj.constructor.isBuffer === 'function' && obj.constructor.isBuffer(obj)
 }
 
+customTypeChecker.isSymbol = function isSymbol(x) {
+  return typeof x === 'symbol'
+    || typeof x === 'object' && Object.prototype.toString.call(x) === '[object Symbol]';
+}
+
 // Add custom types to typeMap
 let customTypeMap = {
   buffer: customTypeChecker.isBuffer,
@@ -28,4 +33,4 @@ customTypeChecker.getType = function customGetType(value, _typeMap) {
 const typeOf = customTypeChecker.getType
 
 export default customTypeChecker
-export { customTypeChecker as check, typeOf  }
+export { customTypeChecker as check, typeOf }

test/cast.test.js

@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
-import  assert from 'assert'
-import { check, typecast, cast, toString, toBoolean }  from '../src/index.js'
+import assert from 'assert'
+import { check, typecast, cast, toString, toBoolean } from '../src/index.js'
 
 console.log(typecast.boolean)
 console.log(toBoolean)
 
+describe('symbol', function () {
+  it('should support isSymbol', function () {
+    assert(check.isSymbol(Symbol('test')))
+  })
+})
+
 describe('.string()', function () {
   it('should return a string', function () {
     assert(typecast.string(2) === '2')