I have a utility function which returns a value from your array. However, your array could obviously contain elements of any type, so how do I document that the return type is mixed?

In PHPdoc I would use:

@return mixed

What is the JSDoc equivalent?

I have a utility function which returns a value from your array. However, your array could obviously contain elements of any type, so how do I document that the return type is mixed?

In PHPdoc I would use:

@return mixed

What is the JSDoc equivalent?

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2 Answers 2

You may use asterisk in JSDoc

@returns {*}

Or also, if you know all possible types, you can separate them by pipes

@returns {String|Number|Boolean}

The JSDoc documentation says about type expressions:

You can use any Google Closure Compiler type expression...

The linked page on the Closure Compiler docs says:

The ALL type {*} Indicates that the variable can take on any type.

So you may use @returns {*} for a function that can return any type.