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@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ This article will focus only on TypeScript extra syntax, as opposed to
[JavaScript](/docs/javascript).
To test TypeScript's compiler, head to the
-[Playground] (http://www.typescriptlang.org/Playground) where you will be able
+[Playground](https://www.typescriptlang.org/play) where you will be able
to type code, have auto completion and directly see the emitted JavaScript.
```ts
@@ -257,8 +257,24 @@ for (const i in list) {
console.log(i); // 0, 1, 2
}
+// Type Assertion
+let foo = {} // Creating foo as an empty object
+foo.bar = 123 // Error: property 'bar' does not exist on `{}`
+foo.baz = 'hello world' // Error: property 'baz' does not exist on `{}`
+// Because the inferred type of foo is `{}` (an object with 0 properties), you
+// are not allowed to add bar and baz to it. However with type assertion,
+// the following will pass:
+
+interface Foo {
+ bar: number;
+ baz: string;
+}
+
+let foo = {} as Foo; // Type assertion here
+foo.bar = 123;
+foo.baz = 'hello world'
```