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Calling a method on a union type without narrowing in TypeScript

TypeScriptUnion and Intersection TypesUnion Typesbeginner

What this snippet does

You can only access properties that exist on all members of a union, requiring type narrowing for specific methods.

Expected output

Compile Error: Property 'toUpperCase' does not exist on type 'string | number'.

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