How can I check if an object is an array?

The method given in the ECMAScript standard to find the class of Object is to use the toString method from Object.prototype.

if(Object.prototype.toString.call(someVar) === '[object Array]') {    alert('Array!');}

Or you could use typeof to test if it is a string:

if(typeof someVar === 'string') {    someVar = [someVar];}

Or if you're not concerned about performance, you could just do a concat to a new empty Array.

someVar = [].concat(someVar);

There's also the constructor which you can query directly:

if (somevar.constructor.name == "Array") {    // do something}

Check out a thorough treatment from T.J. Crowder's blog, as posted in his comment below.

Check out this benchmark to get an idea which method performs better: http://jsben.ch/#/QgYAV

From @Bharath, convert a string to an array using ES6 for the question asked:

const convertStringToArray = (object) => {   return (typeof object === 'string') ? Array(object) : object}

Suppose:

let m = 'bla'let n = ['bla','Meow']let y = convertStringToArray(m)let z = convertStringToArray(n)console.log('check y: '+JSON.stringify(y)) . // check y: ['bla']console.log('check y: '+JSON.stringify(z)) . // check y: ['bla','Meow']

In modern browsers you can do:

Array.isArray(obj)

(Supported by Chrome 5, Firefox 4.0, Internet Explorer 9, Opera 10.5 and Safari 5)

For backward compatibility you can add the following:

// Only implement if no native implementation is availableif (typeof Array.isArray === 'undefined') {  Array.isArray = function(obj) {    return Object.prototype.toString.call(obj) === '[object Array]';  }};

If you use jQuery you can use jQuery.isArray(obj) or $.isArray(obj). If you use Underscore.js you can use _.isArray(obj).

If you don't need to detect arrays created in different frames you can also just use instanceof:

obj instanceof Array

I would first check if your implementation supports isArray:

if (Array.isArray)    return Array.isArray(v);

You could also try using the instanceof operator

v instanceof Array