是否有一个标准函数来检查 JavaScript 中的 null、 undefined 或空白变量?

是否有一个标准函数来检查 JavaScript 中的 null、 undefined 或空白变量?

问题描述:

Is there a universal JavaScript function that checks that a variable has a value and ensures that it's not undefined or null? I've got this code, but I'm not sure if it covers all cases:

function isEmpty(val){
    return (val === undefined || val == null || val.length <= 0) ? true : false;
}

转载于:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5515310/is-there-a-standard-function-to-check-for-null-undefined-or-blank-variables-in

You can just check if the variable has a truthy value or not. That means

if( value ) {
}

will evaluate to true if value is not:

  • null
  • undefined
  • NaN
  • empty string ("")
  • 0
  • false

The above list represents all possible falsy values in ECMA-/Javascript. Find it in the specification at the ToBoolean section.

Furthermore, if you do not know whether a variable exists (that means, if it was declared) you should check with the typeof operator. For instance

if( typeof foo !== 'undefined' ) {
    // foo could get resolved and it's defined
}

If you can be sure that a variable is declared at least, you should directly check if it has a truthy value like shown above.

Further read: http://typeofnan.blogspot.com/2011/01/typeof-is-fast.html

function isEmpty(value){
  return (value == null || value.length === 0);
}

This will return true for

undefined  // Because undefined == null

null

[]

""

and zero argument functions since a function's length is the number of declared parameters it takes.

To disallow the latter category, you might want to just check for blank strings

function isEmpty(value){
  return (value == null || value === '');
}

The verbose method to check if value is undefined or null is:

return value === undefined || value === null;

You can also use the == operator but this expects one to know all the rules:

return value == null; // also returns true if value is undefined

You are a bit overdoing it. To check if a variable is not given a value, you would only need to check against undefined and null.

function isEmpty(value){
    return (typeof value === "undefined" || value === null);
}

This is assuming 0, "", and objects(even empty object and array) are valid "values".

If the variable hasn't been declared, you wont be able to test for undefined using a function because you will get an error.

if (foo) {}
function (bar) {}(foo)

Both will generate an error if foo has not been declared.

If you want to test if a variable has been declared you can use

typeof foo != "undefined"

if you want to test if foo has been declared and it has a value you can use

if (typeof foo != "undefined" && foo) {
    //code here
}

you can use:

If clause to validate if the string or value is not empty. like this:

if (someVar.value) 
{
  //its not emppty
}
else
{
  //Its empty
}

I know this is an old question, but this is the safest check and I haven't seen it posted here exactly like that:

if (typeof value != 'undefined' && value) {
    //deal with value'
};

It will cover cases where value was never defined, and also any of these:

  • null
  • undefined (value of undefined is not the same as a parameter that was never defined)
  • 0
  • "" (empty string)
  • false
  • NaN

P.S. no need for strict equality in typeof value != 'undefined'

Here's mine - returns true if value is null, undefined, etc or blank (ie contains only blank spaces):

function stringIsEmpty(value) {

    return value ? value.trim().length == 0 : true;

}

The first answer with best rating is wrong. If value is undefined it will throw an exception in modern browsers. You have to use:

if (typeof(value) !== "undefined" && value)

or

if (typeof value  !== "undefined" && value)

This is a very simple one.

if(data) {
  //Comes inside only if the data is not empty and not null 
}

! check for empty strings (""), null, undefined, false and the number 0 and NaN. Say, if a string is empty var name = "" then console.log(!name) returns true.

function isEmpty(val){
  return !val;
}

this function will return true if val is empty, null, undefined, false, the number 0 or NaN.

You may find the following function useful:

function typeOf(obj) {
  return {}.toString.call(obj).split(' ')[1].slice(0, -1).toLowerCase();
}

Or in ES7 (comment if further improvements)

function typeOf(obj) {
  const { toString } = Object.prototype;
  const stringified = obj::toString();
  const type = stringified.split(' ')[1].slice(0, -1);

  return type.toLowerCase();
}

Results:

typeOf(); //undefined
typeOf(null); //null
typeOf(NaN); //number
typeOf(5); //number
typeOf({}); //object
typeOf([]); //array
typeOf(''); //string
typeOf(function () {}); //function
typeOf(/a/) //regexp
typeOf(new Date()) //date
typeOf(new WeakMap()) //weakmap
typeOf(new Map()) //map

"Note that the bind operator (::) is not part of ES2016 (ES7) nor any later edition of the ECMAScript standard at all. It's currently a stage 0 (strawman) proposal for being introduced to the language." – Simon Kjellberg. the author wishes to add his support for this beautiful proposal to receive royal ascension.

This condition check

if (!!foo) {
    //foo is defined
}

is all you need.

If you prefer plain javascript try this:

  /**
   * Checks if `value` is empty. Arrays, strings, or `arguments` objects with a
   * length of `0` and objects with no own enumerable properties are considered
   * "empty".
   *
   * @static
   * @memberOf _
   * @category Objects
   * @param {Array|Object|string} value The value to inspect.
   * @returns {boolean} Returns `true` if the `value` is empty, else `false`.
   * @example
   *
   * _.isEmpty([1, 2, 3]);
   * // => false
   *
   * _.isEmpty([]);
   * // => true
   *
   * _.isEmpty({});
   * // => true
   *
   * _.isEmpty('');
   * // => true
   */

function isEmpty(value) {
    if (!value) {
      return true;
    }
    if (isArray(value) || isString(value)) {
      return !value.length;
    }
    for (var key in value) {
      if (hasOwnProperty.call(value, key)) {
        return false;
      }
    }
    return true;
  }

Otherwise, if you are already using underscore or lodash, try:

_.isEmpty(value)

To check Default Value

function typeOfVar (obj) {
      return {}.toString.call(obj).split(' ')[1].slice(0, -1).toLowerCase();
}
function isVariableHaveDefaltVal(variable) {
    if ( typeof(variable) === 'string' ) {  // number, boolean, string, object 
        console.log(' Any data Between single/double Quotes is treated as String ');        
        return (variable.trim().length === 0) ? true : false;
    }else if ( typeof(variable) === 'boolean' ) {
      console.log('boolean value with default value \'false\'');
        return (variable === false) ? true : false;
    }else if ( typeof(variable) === 'undefined' ) {
        console.log('EX: var a; variable is created, but has the default value of undefined.'); 
        return true;
    }else if ( typeof(variable) === 'number' ) { 
        console.log('number : '+variable);
        return (variable === 0 ) ? true : false;
    }else if ( typeof(variable) === 'object' ) {
   //   -----Object-----
        if (typeOfVar(variable) === 'array' && variable.length === 0) {
            console.log('\t Object Array with length = ' + [].length); // Object.keys(variable)
            return true;
        }else if (typeOfVar(variable) === 'string' && variable.length === 0 ) {
            console.log('\t Object String with length = ' + variable.length);
            return true;
        }else if (typeOfVar(variable) === 'boolean' ) {
            console.log('\t Object Boolean = ' + variable);
            return (variable === false) ? true : false;
        }else if (typeOfVar(variable) === 'number' ) {
            console.log('\t Object Number = ' + variable);
            return (variable === 0 ) ? true : false;
        }else if (typeOfVar(variable) === 'regexp' && variable.source.trim().length === 0 ) {
       console.log('\t Object Regular Expression : ');
        return true;
        }else if (variable === null) {
       console.log('\t Object null value');
        return true;
        }
    }
    return false;
}
var str = "A Basket For Every Occasion";
str = str.replace(/\s/g, "-");
//The "g" flag in the regex will cause all spaces to get replaced.

check Result:

isVariableHaveDefaltVal(' '); // string          
isVariableHaveDefaltVal(false); // boolean       
var a;           
isVariableHaveDefaltVal(a);               
isVariableHaveDefaltVal(0); // number             
isVariableHaveDefaltVal(parseInt('')); // NAN isNAN(' '); - true         
isVariableHaveDefaltVal(null);              
isVariableHaveDefaltVal([]);               
isVariableHaveDefaltVal(/ /);              
isVariableHaveDefaltVal(new Object(''));               
isVariableHaveDefaltVal(new Object(false));            
isVariableHaveDefaltVal(new Object(0)); 
typeOfVar( function() {} );

I used @Vix function() to check the object of which type.

using instansof «

var prototypes_or_Literals = function (obj) {
    switch (typeof(obj)) {
        // object prototypes
        case 'object':
            if (obj instanceof Array)
                return '[object Array]';
            else if (obj instanceof Date)
                return '[object Date]';
            else if (obj instanceof RegExp)
                return '[object regexp]';
            else if (obj instanceof String)
                return '[object String]';
            else if (obj instanceof Number)
                return '[object Number]';

            else
                return 'object';
        // object literals
        default:
            return typeof(obj);
    }   
};
output test «
prototypes_or_Literals( '' ) // "string"
prototypes_or_Literals( new String('') ) // "[object String]"
Object.prototype.toString.call("foo bar") //"[object String]"        

I think using the ? operator is slightly cleaner.

var ? function_if_exists() : function_if_doesnt_exist();

This will check if variable of indeterminate nesting is undefined

function Undef(str) 
{
  var ary = str.split('.');
  var w = window;
  for (i in ary) {
    try      { if (typeof(w = w[ary[i]]) === "undefined") return true; }
    catch(e) { return true; }
  }
  return false;
}

if (!Undef("google.translate.TranslateElement")) {

The above checks if the Google translate function TranslateElement exists. This is equivalent to:

if (!(typeof google === "undefined" 
 || typeof google.translate === "undefined" 
 || typeof google.translate.TranslateElement === "undefined")) {

For my case I tried with if null,'', !variable, But it did not work.

See my code below to get the text from an html field

var status=$(this).text(); //for example (for my case)

if there was no value(no text) in the status variable ,I was trying to set the value 'novalue' to status variable.

the following code worked.

if(status == false)
{
   status='novalue';
} 

when there was no text found for satus variable the above code assigned 'novalue' to the status variable

Although an oldie, what forget is that they should wrap their code block and then catch the error and then test...

function checkup( t ){
  try{
    for(p in t){
      if( p.hasOwnProperty( t ) ){
        return true;
      }
    }
    return false;
  }catch(e){
    console.log("ERROR : "+e);
    return e;
  }
}

So you really don't have to check for a potential problem before hand, you simply catch it and then deal with it how you want.

function isEmpty(val){
    return !val;
}

but this solution is over-engineered, if you dont'want to modify the function later for busines-model needings, then is cleaner to use it directly in code:

if(!val)...

var myNewValue = myObject && myObject.child && myObject.child.myValue;

This will never throw an error. If myObject, child, or myValue is null then myNewValue will be null. No errors will be thrown

For everyone coming here for having similar question, the following works great and I have it in my library the last years:

(function(g3, $, window, document, undefined){
   g3.utils = g3.utils || {};
/********************************Function type()********************************
* Returns a lowercase string representation of an object's constructor.
* @module {g3.utils}
* @function {g3.utils.type}
* @public
* @param {Type} 'obj' is any type native, host or custom.
* @return {String} Returns a lowercase string representing the object's 
* constructor which is different from word 'object' if they are not custom.
* @reference http://perfectionkills.com/instanceof-considered-harmful-or-how-to-write-a-robust-isarray/
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3215046/differentiating-between-arrays-and-hashes-in-javascript
* http://javascript.info/tutorial/type-detection
*******************************************************************************/
g3.utils.type = function (obj){
   if(obj === null)
      return 'null';
   else if(typeof obj === 'undefined')
      return 'undefined';
   return Object.prototype.toString.call(obj).match(/^\[object\s(.*)\]$/)[1].toLowerCase();
};
}(window.g3 = window.g3 || {}, jQuery, window, document));

It may be usefull.

[null, undefined, ''].indexOf(document.DocumentNumberLabel) > -1

This function check for empty object {},empty array [], null, undefined and blank string ""

function isEmpty(val) {
  //check for empty object {}, array []
  if (val !== null && typeof val === 'object') {
    if (Object.keys(obj).length === 0) {
      return true;
    }
  }
  //check for undefined, null and "" 
  else if (val == null || val === "") {
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}

var val={};
isEmpty(val) -> true
val=[];
isEmpty(val) -> true
isEmpty(undefined) -> true
isEmpty(null) -> true
isEmpty("") -> true
isEmpty(false) -> false
isEmpty(0) -> false

You can directly use the equality operator

<script>
    var firstName;
    var lastName = null;
    /* Since null == undefined is true, the following statements will catch both null and undefined */
        if(firstName == null){
            alert('Variable "firstName" is undefined.');
        }    
        if(lastName == null){
           alert('Variable "lastName" is null.');
        }
</script>

demo @ How to determine if variable is undefined or null using JavaScript

You can use bellow code for check all four(4) condition for validation like not null, not blank, not undefined and not zero only use this code (!(!(variable))) in javascript and jquery.

function myFunction() {
    var data;  //The Values can be like as null, blank, undefined, zero you can test

    if(!(!(data)))
    {
        alert("data "+data);
    } 
    else 
    {
        alert("data is "+data);
    }
}

function isEmpty(obj) {
    if (typeof obj == 'number') return false;
    else if (typeof obj == 'string') return obj.length == 0;
    else if (Array.isArray(obj)) return obj.length == 0;
    else if (typeof obj == 'object') return obj == null || Object.keys(obj).length == 0;
    else if (typeof obj == 'boolean') return false;
    else return !obj;
}

In ES6 with trim to handle whitespace strings:

const isEmpty = value => {
    if (typeof value === 'number') return false
    else if (typeof value === 'string') return value.trim().length === 0
    else if (Array.isArray(value)) return value.length === 0
    else if (typeof value === 'object') return value == null || Object.keys(value).length === 0
    else if (typeof value === 'boolean') return false
    else return !value
}

If you are using TypeScript and don't want to account for "values those are false" then this is the solution for you:

First: import { isNullOrUndefined } from 'util';

Then: isNullOrUndefined(this.yourVariableName)

Please Note: As mentioned below this is now deprecated, use value === undefined || value === null instead. ref.

try{

     let vari = obj.propTest; // obj may be don't have propTest property

        ...
} catch(NullException){
    // do something here
}

I think using try catch will avoid any error of null check, also in Angular or JavaScript Just catching null exception and process in it.