The “Force Casting” section below explains how to override this behavior.
<>Using <> works the same as casting with as.
| let x: unknown = ‘hello’; console.log((<string>x).length); |
| This type of casting will not work with TSX, such as when working with React files. |
To bypass type errors that TypeScript may produce during casting, first cast the value to unknown, and then cast it to the desired type.
| let x = ‘hello’; console.log(((x as unknown) as number).length); // x is not actually a number so this will return undefined |