get-symbol-description

Gets the description of a Symbol. Handles `Symbol()` vs `Symbol('')` properly when possible.

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import getSymbolDescription from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/get-symbol-description';
</script>

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Gets the description of a Symbol. Handles Symbol() vs Symbol('') properly when possible.

Example

var getSymbolDescription = require('get-symbol-description');
var assert = require('assert');

assert(getSymbolDescription(Symbol()) === undefined);
assert(getSymbolDescription(Symbol('')) === ''); // or `undefined`, if in an engine that lacks name inference from concise method
assert(getSymbolDescription(Symbol('foo')) === 'foo');
assert(getSymbolDescription(Symbol.iterator) === 'Symbol.iterator');

Tests

Simply clone the repo, npm install, and run npm test