How can I tell the difference between a regular object and a jquery object (page element)? [duplicate]

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// var = {hey: "baby"};
// or 
// var = $('#thingy');

if(typeof var == 'object'){  // this is true for both =(
}

I need my code to be smart enough to be able to tell the difference between these two. What's the best way to accomplish that?

Answer 1

You can use the instanceof operator for this.

obj instanceof jQuery

In addition, I don't think you want to use "var" as a variable name. It's reserved to establish variable scope.