Javascript being a dynamically typed language, sometimes it helps to know the properties and functions of a given object. Anyone who has worked with javascript in an Object Oriented way would testify this. Here is a snippet of javascript code that would give the Type, member functions and properties of a given object.

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function getJsObjectInfo(theObject){
	var properties = "";
	var functions = "";
	// Loop through the properties/functions
	for (var member in theObject) {
		// Check if it’s a function else member
		if (theObject[member] instanceof Function) {
			functions += member + ", ";
		}else{
			properties += member + ", ";
		}
	}
 
	var clsName = theObject.constructor.toString();
	var start = clsName.indexOf('function ') + 9;
	var stop = clsName.indexOf('(');
	clsName = clsName.substring(start, stop);
	var display = "The object is of type " + clsName + "\n" +"Methods : " + functions + "\n" + "Propreties : " + properties;
	alert(display);
}

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