TypeError: "x" is (not) "y"

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TypeError: "x" is (not) "y"

Examples:
TypeError: "x" is undefined
TypeError: "x" is null
TypeError: "undefined" is not an object
TypeError: "x" is not an object or null
TypeError: "x" is not a symbol

Tipo de error

TypeError.

Qu sali mal?

Tipo inesperado. Esto ocurre amenudo con valores undefined o null .

Adems, ciertos mtodos, como Object.create() o Symbol.keyFor(), requieren de un tipo especfico, que debe ser proporcionado, ejemplos

Casos invlidos

// undefined and null cases on which the substring method won't work
var foo = undefined;
foo.substring(1); // TypeError: foo is undefined

var foo = null;
foo.substring(1); // TypeError: foo is null

// Certain methods might require a specific type
var foo = {};
Symbol.keyFor(foo); // TypeError: foo is not a symbol

var foo = "bar";
Object.create(foo); // TypeError: "foo" is not an object or null

Cmo solucionar el problema

Para fijar un puntero nulo a indefinidos o valores nulos, puede utilizar el operador typeof, por ejemplo

if (typeof foo !== "undefined") {
  // Ahora sabemos que foo est definido, ahora podemos continuar.
}

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