The Object getPrototypeOf() method
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Find out all about the JavaScript getPrototypeOf() method of the Object object
Returns the prototype of an object.
Usage:
Object.getPrototypeOf(obj)
Example:
const animal = {}
const dog = Object.create(animal)
const prot = Object.getPrototypeOf(dog)
animal === prot //true
If the object has no prototype, we’ll get null
. This is the case of the Object object:
Object.prototype //{}
Object.getPrototypeOf(Object.prototype) //null
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