Typescript Odd Number Type

Acid Coder
Jun 22, 2022

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Most people: No, you cannot create an odd number type with Typescript

Meanwhile me:

type OddNumber<
X extends number,
Y extends unknown[] = [1],
Z extends number = never
> = Y[‘length’] extends X
? Z | Y[‘length’]
: OddNumber<X, [1, 1, …Y], Z | Y[‘length’]>
type a = OddNumber<1> // 1
type b = OddNumber< 3 > // 1 | 3
type c = OddNumber<5> // 1 | 3 | 5
type d = OddNumber<7> // 1 | 3 | 5 | 7

playground

with some limitations, the input must an odd number, and cannot exceed 1999 (maximum depth of typescript recursion is only 1000)

you can do even number type using similar logic

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