\n\n## What is Type-Detect?\n\nType Detect is a module which you can use to detect the type of a given object. It returns a string representation of the object's type, either using [`typeof`](http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/6.0/index.html#sec-typeof-operator) or [`@@toStringTag`](http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/6.0/index.html#sec-symbol.tostringtag). It also normalizes some object names for consistency among browsers.\n\n## Why?\n\nThe `typeof` operator will only specify primitive values; everything else is `\"object\"` (including `null`, arrays, regexps, etc). Many developers use `Object.prototype.toString()` - which is a fine alternative and returns many more types (null returns `[object Null]`, Arrays as `[object Array]`, regexps as `[object RegExp]` etc). \n\nSadly, `Object.prototype.toString` is slow, and buggy. By slow - we mean it is slower than `typeof`. By buggy - we mean that some values (like Promises, the global object, iterators, dataviews, a bunch of HTML elements) all report different things in different browsers.\n\n`type-detect` fixes all of the shortcomings with `Object.prototype.toString`. We have extra code to speed up checks of JS and DOM objects, as much as 20-30x faster for some values. `type-detect` also fixes any consistencies with these objects.\n\n## Installation\n\n### Node.js\n\n`type-detect` is available on [npm](http://npmjs.org). To install it, type:\n\n $ npm install type-detect\n\n### Deno\n\n`type-detect` can be imported with the following line:\n\n```js\nimport type from 'https://deno.land/x/type_detect@v4.1.0/index.ts'\n```\n\n### Browsers\n\nYou can also use it within the browser; install via npm and use the `type-detect.js` file found within the download. For example:\n\n```html\n\n```\n\n## Usage\n\nThe primary export of `type-detect` is function that can serve as a replacement for `typeof`. The results of this function will be more specific than that of native `typeof`.\n\n```js\nvar type = require('type-detect');\n```\nOr, in the browser use case, after the
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