JS: A Better typeof operator

totype.js

/**
 * A better, more reliable way to handle `typeof` checking.
 * 
 * @source http://javascriptweblog.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/fixing-the-javascript-typeof-operator/
 * 
 */

Object.toType = function(obj) {
    return ({}).toString.call(obj).match(/\s([a-z|A-Z]+)/)[1].toLowerCase();
}

// Alternatively you might choose to add the toType function to a namespace of your own, such as util.
// We could get a little cleverer (inspired by Chrome’s use of “global” for window.[[Class]]).
// By wrapping the function in a global module we can identify the global object too:
Object.toType = (function toType(global) {
    return function(obj) {
        if (obj === global) {
            return "global";
        }
        return ({}).toString.call(obj).match(/\s([a-z|A-Z]+)/)[1].toLowerCase();
    }
})(this)

// Usage
Object.toType([1,2,3]); //"array"
Object.toType(/a-z/); //"regexp"
Object.toType(JSON); //"json"