isCircular

Test if an object-like value contains a circular reference.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/assert-is-circular

Usage

var isCircular = require( '@stdlib/assert-is-circular' );

isCircular( value )

Test if an object-like value contains a circular reference.

var obj = {
    'beep': 'boop'
};
var bool = isCircular( obj );
// returns false

obj.self = obj;
bool = isCircular( obj );
// returns true

Notes

• Object-like values include objects (except for null), arrays, functions, regular expressions, Date objects, and any other JavaScript object to which properties may be bound.

Examples

var isCircular = require( '@stdlib/assert-is-circular' );

var obj1 = {
    'a': 'beep',
    'b': {
        'c': 'boop'
    }
};
obj1.b.self = obj1;
var bool = isCircular( obj1 );
// returns true

var obj2 = {
    'a': {},
    'b': obj1
};
bool = isCircular( obj2 );
// returns true

var arr = [ 1, 2, 3 ];
arr.push( arr );
bool = isCircular( arr );
// returns true

function circ() {}
circ.self = circ;
bool = isCircular( circ );
// returns true

var obj3 = {
    'beep': 'boop'
};
bool = isCircular({
    'a': obj3,
    'b': obj3
});
// returns false

bool = isCircular( {} );
// returns false

bool = isCircular( null );
// returns false

See Also

• @stdlib/assert-is-circular-array: test if a value is an array containing a circular reference.
• @stdlib/assert-is-circular-plain-object: test if a value is a plain object containing a circular reference.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

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