From 49373f6a991db22b5eddc9a2eac5cee63d1ee4fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom <53711814+tbal999@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 16:52:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix null bug (#15)

Co-authored-by: tbal999 <tom@fern91.com>
---
 jlib/jlib.go | 15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/jlib/jlib.go b/jlib/jlib.go
index 027a047..37483eb 100644
--- a/jlib/jlib.go
+++ b/jlib/jlib.go
@@ -57,7 +57,17 @@ func (s StringCallable) toInterface() interface{} {
 // TypeOf implements the jsonata $type function that returns the data type of
 // the argument
 func TypeOf(x interface{}) (string, error) {
+	if fmt.Sprintf("%v", x) == "<nil>" {
+		return "null", nil
+	}
+
 	v := reflect.ValueOf(x)
+
+	switch x.(type) {
+	case *interface{}:
+		return "null", nil
+	}
+
 	if jtypes.IsCallable(v) {
 		return "function", nil
 	}
@@ -77,11 +87,6 @@ func TypeOf(x interface{}) (string, error) {
 		return "object", nil
 	}
 
-	switch x.(type) {
-	case *interface{}:
-		return "null", nil
-	}
-
 	xType := reflect.TypeOf(x).String()
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("unknown type %s", xType)
 }