The instanceof operator tests to see if the prototype property of a constructor appears anywhere in the prototype chain of an object. The return value is a boolean value.
Interviewer: to write a fakeInstanceOf, you must meet the following test cases:
function fakeInstanceOf (instance, parent): Boolean {}
//=> true
fakeInstanceOf([], Array)
//=> true
fakeInstanceOf([], Object)
//=> true
fakeInstanceOf(x => x, Object)
//=> false
fakeInstanceOf('hello', Object)
The following is a reference
function fakeInstanceOf (instance, parent) {
if (typeof(instance) !== 'object' && typeof(instance) !== 'function') {
return false
}
let proto = instance?.__proto__ || null
while (true) {
if (proto === null) { return false }
if (proto === parent.prototype) { return true }
proto = proto.__proto__
}
}