validate.io-string/README.md

Validates if a value is a string.

String
===
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> Validates if a value is a string.


## Installation

``` bash
$ npm install validate.io-string
```

For use in the browser, use [browserify](https://github.com/substack/node-browserify).


## Usage

``` javascript
var isString = require( 'validate.io-string' );
```

#### isString( value )

Validates if a `value` is a `string`.

``` javascript
var value = 'boop';

var bool = isString( value );
// returns true
```


## Examples

``` javascript
console.log( isString( 'beep' ) );
// returns true

console.log( isString( new String( 'beep' ) ) );
// returns true

console.log( isString( 5 ) );
// returns false
```

To run the example code from the top-level application directory,

``` bash
$ node ./examples/index.js
```


## Tests

### Unit

Unit tests use the [Mocha](http://mochajs.org) test framework with [Chai](http://chaijs.com) assertions. To run the tests, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

``` bash
$ make test
```

All new feature development should have corresponding unit tests to validate correct functionality.


### Test Coverage

This repository uses [Istanbul](https://github.com/gotwarlost/istanbul) as its code coverage tool. To generate a test coverage report, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

``` bash
$ make test-cov
```

Istanbul creates a `./reports/coverage` directory. To access an HTML version of the report,

``` bash
$ make view-cov
```


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## License

[MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT). 


## Copyright

Copyright © 2014. Athan Reines.


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