Function determineType

server/modules/determineType.js:34–65

(data, operation)

}

function determineType(data, operation) {
  let dataType;
  if (data !== null && typeof data === "object" && data instanceof Array) {
    dataType = "array";
  }
  if (data !== null && typeof data === "object" && !(data instanceof Array)) {
    dataType = "object";
  }
  if (typeof data !== "object" && !(data instanceof Array) && typeof data === "boolean") {
    dataType = "boolean";
  }
  if (typeof data !== "object" && !(data instanceof Array) && (typeof data === "number" || `${data}`.match(checkNumbersOnly))) {
    dataType = "number";
  }
  if (typeof data !== "object" && !(data instanceof Array) && typeof data === "string" && !`${data}`.match(checkNumbersOnly)) {
    dataType = "string";
  }

  try {
    if (isLikelyDate(data, dataType)) {
      dataType = "date";
    }
  } catch (e) {
    //
  }

  if (checkNumbersOnly.test(data) && (operation === "sum" || operation === "avg")) {
    dataType = "number";
  }

  return dataType;
}

module.exports = determineType;