Is there any way to check if strict mode is enforced?
Is there anyway to check if strict mode 'use strict' is enforced , and we want to execute different code for strict mode and other code for non-strict mode.
Looking for function like isStrictMode();//boolean
The fact that this
inside a function called in the global context will not point to the global object can be used to detect strict mode:
var isStrict = (function() { return !this; })();
Demo:
> echo '"use strict"; var isStrict = (function() { return !this; })(); console.log(isStrict);' | node
true
> echo 'var isStrict = (function() { return !this; })(); console.log(isStrict);' | node
false
I prefer something that doesn't use exceptions and works in any context, not only global one:
var mode = (eval("var __temp = null"), (typeof __temp === "undefined")) ?
"strict":
"non-strict";
It uses the fact the in strict mode eval
doesn't introduce a new variable into the outer context.
function isStrictMode() {
try{var o={p:1,p:2};}catch(E){return true;}
return false;
}
Looks like you already got an answer. But I already wrote some code. So here
Yep, this
is 'undefined'
within a global method when you are in strict mode.
function isStrictMode() {
return (typeof this == 'undefined');
}
Warning + universal solution
Many answers here declare a function to check for strict mode, but such a function will tell you nothing about the scope it was called from, only the scope in which it was declared!
function isStrict() { return !this; };
function test(){
'use strict';
console.log(isStrict()); // false
}
Same with cross-script-tag calls.
So whenever you need to check for strict mode, you need to write the entire check in that scope:
var isStrict = true;
eval("var isStrict = false");
Unlike the most upvoted answer, this check by Yaron works not only in the global scope.