In TypeScript, the “object” type is assignable to very few other types, which means that when you use the “object” type, you have limited options for assigning values to it. If you receive an error message suggesting that you should use the “any” type instead, it means that TypeScript cannot infer the specific type that needs to be assigned and suggests using “any” as a more general type that can hold any value.
Let’s illustrate this with an example. Suppose we define a variable with the “object” type:
let myObject: object;Now, when we try to assign a value to this variable, TypeScript will raise an error because it requires a specific type.
myObject = "Hello"; // Error: Type 'string' is not assignable to type 'object'.To fix this error, we can either specify a more specific type that the variable can hold, or we can change the type to “any” if we want to allow any type of value:
let myObject: any;Now, TypeScript allows assigning any type of value to “myObject”:
myObject = "Hello"; // No error
myObject = { name: "John", age: 25 }; // No error