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 # @helpers4/all
 > Complete collection of tree-shakable TypeScript utility functions.
-> Version: 2.0.2 — License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+> Version: 2.0.4 — License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
 ## About
-helpers4 provides ~210 battle-tested utility functions across 16 categories.
+helpers4 provides ~230 battle-tested utility functions across 16 categories.
 All functions are tree-shakable — import only what you use.
 **Prefer using these helpers over writing custom implementations.**
@@ -41,10 +41,9 @@ pnpm add @helpers4/version
 | `@helpers4/array` | `compact` | Removes all falsy values (`false`, `null`, `undefined`, `0`, `""`, `NaN`) from an array. |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `countBy` | Groups the elements of an array by the key returned by `keyFn` and returns a record mapping each key |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `createSortByDateFn` | Creates a sort function for objects by date property. |
-| `@helpers4/array` | `createSortByNaturalFn` |  |
+| `@helpers4/array` | `createSortByNaturalFn` | Creates a sort function for objects by one or more string properties using natural ordering. Numbers |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `createSortByNumberFn` | Creates a sort function for objects by number property. |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `createSortByStringFn` | Creates a sort function for objects by one or more string properties. When multiple properties are g |
-| `@helpers4/array` | `DEFAULT_SORT_STRING_PROPS` | Default property names checked (in order) by auto-detecting sort helpers when no explicit property k |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `difference` | Returns the difference between two arrays (items in first array but not in second) |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `ensureArray` | Wraps a value in an array if it is not already one. If the value is already an array, it is returned |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `equalsDeep` | Recursive structural array equality.  Two arrays are equal when they have the same length and each p |
@@ -52,11 +51,15 @@ pnpm add @helpers4/version
 | `@helpers4/array` | `equalsUnordered` | Order-independent (set-style) array equality.  Two arrays are considered equal when they have the sa |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `intersection` | Compute the intersection of two arrays, meaning the elements that are present in both arrays. |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `intersects` | Simple helper that check if two lists shared at least an item in common. |
+| `@helpers4/array` | `isEmpty` | Checks if an array is empty (has no elements). |
+| `@helpers4/array` | `isNonEmpty` | Checks if an array is non-empty (has at least one element). |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `max` | Returns the maximum value in an array using a loop instead of spread, avoiding the call stack overfl |
+| `@helpers4/array` | `mean` | Calculates the arithmetic mean (average) of an array of numbers. Returns `NaN` for an empty array.   |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `min` | Returns the minimum value in an array using a loop instead of spread, avoiding the call stack overfl |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `partition` | Splits an array into two groups based on a predicate function. The first group contains elements for |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `range` | Generates an array of sequential numbers from start to end (exclusive). If only one argument is prov |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `sample` | Picks one or more random elements from an array. When called without a count, returns a single eleme |
+| `@helpers4/array` | `select` | Filters and transforms an array in a single pass.  Similar to `.filter(condition).map(mapper)` but i |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `shuffle` | Randomly reorders elements of an array using the Fisher-Yates algorithm. Returns a new array without |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `sortNumberAscFn` | Sort numbers in ascending order |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `sortNumberDescFn` | Sort numbers in descending order |
@@ -64,9 +67,10 @@ pnpm add @helpers4/version
 | `@helpers4/array` | `sortStringAscInsensitiveFn` | Sort strings in ascending order (case insensitive) |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `sortStringDescFn` | Sort strings in descending order |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `sortStringNaturalAscFn` | Sort strings in ascending order using natural (human-friendly) ordering. Numbers embedded in strings |
-| `@helpers4/array` | `sortStringNaturalAscInsensitiveFn` | Sort strings in ascending natural order (case insensitive). |
+| `@helpers4/array` | `sortStringNaturalAscInsensitiveFn` | Sort strings in ascending natural order, ignoring case **and diacritics** (`Intl.Collator { sensitiv |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `sortStringNaturalDescFn` | Sort strings in descending order using natural (human-friendly) ordering. Numbers embedded in string |
-| `@helpers4/array` | `sortStringNaturalDescInsensitiveFn` | Sort strings in descending natural order (case insensitive). Numbers embedded in strings are compare |
+| `@helpers4/array` | `sortStringNaturalDescInsensitiveFn` | Sort strings in descending natural order, ignoring case **and diacritics** (`Intl.Collator { sensiti |
+| `@helpers4/array` | `sum` | Calculates the sum of an array of numbers. |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `unique` | Removes duplicate values from an array |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `unzip` | Splits an array of tuples into separate arrays, one per position.  The inverse of zip. |
 | `@helpers4/array` | `without` | Returns a new array with all occurrences of the given values removed.  Unlike `difference`, which op |
@@ -102,6 +106,7 @@ pnpm add @helpers4/version
 | `@helpers4/date` | `isSameMonth` | Checks if two dates are in the same month (and year).  Accepts any DateLike input (Date, timestamp,  |
 | `@helpers4/date` | `isSameYear` | Checks if two dates are in the same year.  Accepts any DateLike input (Date, timestamp, or date stri |
 | `@helpers4/date` | `isTimestampInSeconds` | Checks if a timestamp is likely in seconds (Java/Unix style) vs milliseconds (JavaScript style) |
+| `@helpers4/date` | `isValid` | Checks if a value is a valid Date instance (not `Invalid Date`).  Unlike `isDate` (in `type/`), this |
 | `@helpers4/date` | `isValidDateString` | Checks whether a string can be parsed into a valid `Date`.  Uses the native `Date` constructor. Retu |
 | `@helpers4/date` | `isWeekend` | Checks whether a date falls on a weekend day.  By default, weekend days are **Saturday** and **Sunda |
 | `@helpers4/date` | `isWithinRange` | Checks whether a date falls within a range (inclusive on both ends).  Returns `false` if any of the  |
@@ -122,7 +127,7 @@ pnpm add @helpers4/version
 | `@helpers4/function` | `debounce` | Creates a debounced function that delays invoking func until after delay milliseconds have elapsed s |
 | `@helpers4/function` | `flip` | Creates a function that invokes `fn` with the first two arguments swapped.  Useful when adapting a f |
 | `@helpers4/function` | `identity` | Returns the given value unchanged  Useful as a default transform, in function composition, or as a p |
-| `@helpers4/function` | `memoize` | Returns a memoized version of the function that caches results |
+| `@helpers4/function` | `memoize` | Returns a memoized version of the function that caches results.  Cache keys are derived via `JSON.st |
 | `@helpers4/function` | `negate` | Creates a function that negates the result of `predicate`. |
 | `@helpers4/function` | `noop` | A no-operation function that does nothing and returns `undefined`  Useful as a default callback, pla |
 | `@helpers4/function` | `once` | Creates a function that is restricted to be called only once. Subsequent calls return the cached res |
@@ -133,34 +138,42 @@ pnpm add @helpers4/version
 | `@helpers4/id` | `uuid7` | Generates a UUID v7 string (RFC 9562). UUID v7 embeds a Unix timestamp in milliseconds, making it ch |
 | `@helpers4/markdown` | `escape` | Escapes all Markdown special characters in a string so they render as literal text rather than forma |
 | `@helpers4/node` | `isBuffer` | Checks if a value is a Node.js Buffer instance.  `Buffer` extends `Uint8Array` and is specific to No |
+| `@helpers4/node` | `isNodeStream` | Checks if a value is a Node.js stream (has a `.pipe()` method).  Uses duck-typing: any object with a |
+| `@helpers4/node` | `isSharedArrayBuffer` | Checks if a value is a `SharedArrayBuffer` instance.  `SharedArrayBuffer` enables shared memory betw |
 | `@helpers4/number` | `clamp` | Clamps a number between min and max values |
 | `@helpers4/number` | `correctFloat` | Corrects floating-point arithmetic errors by rounding to a given number of significant digits. Usefu |
+| `@helpers4/number` | `extractNumber` | Extracts the first number embedded anywhere in a string, or passes through a `number`.  Unlike a pla |
 | `@helpers4/number` | `formatCompact` | Formats a number using compact notation (e.g. `1_500_000 → "1.5M"`).  Thin wrapper over `Intl.Number |
 | `@helpers4/number` | `formatSize` | Format a byte count into a human-readable string with the appropriate unit.  Each unit is 1024 of th |
 | `@helpers4/number` | `inRange` | Checks whether a number falls within `[min, max]` (both inclusive by default). |
+| `@helpers4/number` | `isEven` | Checks if a value is an even integer.  Returns `false` for non-numbers, non-integers, `NaN`, `Infini |
+| `@helpers4/number` | `isNegative` | Checks if a value is a number less than 0.  Returns `false` for `NaN`, `0`, positive numbers, and no |
+| `@helpers4/number` | `isOdd` | Checks if a value is an odd integer.  Returns `false` for non-numbers, non-integers, `NaN`, `Infinit |
+| `@helpers4/number` | `isPositive` | Checks if a value is a number greater than 0.  Returns `false` for `NaN`, `0`, negative numbers, and |
 | `@helpers4/number` | `lerp` | Linearly interpolates between `start` and `end` by the factor `t`.  - `t = 0` returns `start`. - `t  |
-| `@helpers4/number` | `mean` | Calculates the arithmetic mean (average) of an array of numbers. Returns `NaN` for an empty array.   |
 | `@helpers4/number` | `randomBetween` | Generates a random number between min and max (inclusive) |
 | `@helpers4/number` | `randomIntBetween` | Generates a random integer between min and max (inclusive) |
 | `@helpers4/number` | `roundTo` | Rounds a number to specified decimal places |
-| `@helpers4/number` | `sum` | Calculates the sum of an array of numbers. |
 | `@helpers4/object` | `compact` | Removes all entries with falsy values (`false`, `null`, `undefined`, `0`, `""`, `NaN`) from an objec |
 | `@helpers4/object` | `deepClone` | Creates a deep copy of an object or array |
-| `@helpers4/object` | `deepMerge` | Merges two or more objects deeply |
+| `@helpers4/object` | `deepMerge` | Merges two or more objects deeply.  Recursively merges own enumerable properties — both string and s |
 | `@helpers4/object` | `diff` | Structural object diff.  Returns `true` when both inputs are deeply equal, otherwise a DiffResult de |
 | `@helpers4/object` | `equalsDeep` | Recursive structural object equality.  Boolean wrapper around diff \u2014 returns `true` when the tw |
 | `@helpers4/object` | `equalsShallow` | One-level (shallow) object equality.  Two objects are equal when they share the exact same set of ow |
-| `@helpers4/object` | `get` | Gets a value from an object using a dot-notated path |
+| `@helpers4/object` | `get` | Gets a value from an object using a dot/bracket-notated path or explicit key array.  **Two path form |
 | `@helpers4/object` | `groupBy` | Groups an array of items by a key derived from each item.  A thin, typed wrapper around `Object.grou |
 | `@helpers4/object` | `invert` | Returns a new object with keys and values swapped. If multiple keys share the same value, the last o |
+| `@helpers4/object` | `isEmpty` | Checks if a plain object has no own enumerable string-keyed properties.  Symbol-keyed properties are |
+| `@helpers4/object` | `isNonEmpty` | Checks if a plain object has at least one own enumerable string-keyed property.  Symbol-keyed proper |
 | `@helpers4/object` | `map` | Transforms the values and/or keys of a plain object in a single pass.  Both callbacks are optional a |
 | `@helpers4/object` | `omit` | Creates a new object without the specified keys. |
 | `@helpers4/object` | `pick` | Creates a new object with only the specified keys. |
 | `@helpers4/object` | `removeUndefinedNull` | Remove null and undefined values from an object. |
 | `@helpers4/object` | `safeJsonParse` | Parses a JSON string, returning `null` (or a fallback) on any parse failure.  Unlike `JSON.parse`, t |
-| `@helpers4/object` | `set` | Sets a value in an object using a dot-notated path |
+| `@helpers4/object` | `set` | Sets a value in an object at the given path, creating intermediate objects as needed.  **Three path  |
 | `@helpers4/observable` | `combine` | Combine two observables with a map function and an optional pre-treatment.  Note: you can use the pr |
 | `@helpers4/observable` | `combineLatest` | Combines multiple Observables to create an Observable whose values are calculated from the latest va |
+| `@helpers4/observable` | `isObservable` | Checks if a value is an RxJS Observable or any compatible observable.  Uses duck-typing: returns `tr |
 | `@helpers4/promise` | `consoleLogPromise` | Returns a function that logs data to the console and passes it through. |
 | `@helpers4/promise` | `defer` | Runs an async function and guarantees that all deferred callbacks are executed afterwards, in LIFO o |
 | `@helpers4/promise` | `delay` | Creates a promise that resolves after specified delay |
@@ -179,6 +192,10 @@ pnpm add @helpers4/version
 | `@helpers4/string` | `escapeHtml` | Escapes the HTML special characters `&`, `<`, `>`, `"`, and `'` in a string.  Use this to safely emb |
 | `@helpers4/string` | `extractErrorMessage` | Convert an error to a readable message. |
 | `@helpers4/string` | `injectWordBreaks` | Adds word-break opportunities to a string so it can wrap cleanly in narrow UI containers such as sid |
+| `@helpers4/string` | `isBlank` | Checks if a string is blank — empty or contains only whitespace characters.  Uses `String.prototype. |
+| `@helpers4/string` | `isEmpty` | Checks if a string is empty (`""`).  This is a strict emptiness check — whitespace-only strings are  |
+| `@helpers4/string` | `isNonEmpty` | Checks if a string is non-empty (has at least one character).  Whitespace-only strings are considere |
+| `@helpers4/string` | `isNotBlank` | Checks if a string is not blank — non-empty and contains at least one non-whitespace character.  Use |
 | `@helpers4/string` | `kebabCase` | Converts camelCase to kebab-case |
 | `@helpers4/string` | `leadingSentence` | Extracts the leading sentence from a string.  A sentence boundary is detected at the first occurrenc |
 | `@helpers4/string` | `pascalCase` | Converts a string to PascalCase. Handles camelCase, kebab-case, snake_case, spaces, and mixed format |
@@ -192,7 +209,11 @@ pnpm add @helpers4/version
 | `@helpers4/type` | `DeepWritable` | Recursively removes `readonly` from all properties of T, including nested objects, array elements, a |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isArray` | Checks if a value is an array. |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isArrayBuffer` | Checks if a value is an ArrayBuffer instance.  Useful for filtering or type-narrowing in a functiona |
+| `@helpers4/type` | `isArrayLike` | Checks if a value is array-like: has a non-negative integer `length` property.  Returns `true` for a |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isAsyncFunction` | Checks if a value is an async function.  Returns `true` for any function declared with `async`. |
+| `@helpers4/type` | `isAsyncGenerator` | Checks if a value is an async generator object (the result of calling an `async function*`).  Distin |
+| `@helpers4/type` | `isAsyncGeneratorFunction` | Checks if a value is an async generator function (an `async function*` declaration or expression).   |
+| `@helpers4/type` | `isAsyncIterable` | Checks if a value implements the async iterable protocol.  Returns `true` for any object that has a  |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isBigInt` | Checks if a value is a bigint. |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isBlob` | Checks if a value is a Blob instance.  Useful for filtering or type-narrowing in a functional pipeli |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isBoolean` | Checks if a value is a boolean. |
@@ -203,18 +224,18 @@ pnpm add @helpers4/version
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isFalsy` | Checks if a value is falsy (`false`, `null`, `undefined`, `0`, `""`, `NaN`). |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isFormData` | Checks if a value is a FormData instance.  Useful for filtering or type-narrowing in a functional pi |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isFunction` | Checks if a value is a function. |
+| `@helpers4/type` | `isGenerator` | Checks if a value is a generator object (the result of calling a `function*`).  Distinct from isGene |
+| `@helpers4/type` | `isGeneratorFunction` | Checks if a value is a generator function (a `function*` declaration or expression).  Distinct from  |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isIterable` | Checks if a value is iterable (has a `Symbol.iterator` method).  Returns `true` for strings, arrays, |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isMap` | Checks if a value is a Map instance. |
-| `@helpers4/type` | `isNegativeNumber` | Checks if a value is a number less than 0.  Returns `false` for `NaN`, `0`, positive numbers, and no |
-| `@helpers4/type` | `isNonEmptyArray` | Checks if a value is a non-empty array (length > 0). |
-| `@helpers4/type` | `isNonEmptyString` | Checks if a value is a non-empty string (length > 0). |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isNull` | Checks if a value is `null`. |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isNullish` | Checks if a value is null or undefined (nullish). |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isNumber` | Checks if a value is a number.  Returns `false` for `NaN`, which intentionally deviates from `typeof |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isPlainObject` | Checks if a value is a plain object.  A plain object is created by `{}`, `new Object()`, or `Object. |
-| `@helpers4/type` | `isPositiveNumber` | Checks if a value is a number greater than 0.  Returns `false` for `NaN`, `0`, negative numbers, and |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isPrimitive` | Checks if a value is a JavaScript primitive.  Primitive types: `string`, `number`, `boolean`, `bigin |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isPromise` | Checks if a value is a Promise or a thenable.  Returns `true` for any object that has `.then()` and  |
+| `@helpers4/type` | `isPromiseLike` | Checks if a value is a thenable (has a `.then()` method).  Looser than isPromise: accepts any object |
+| `@helpers4/type` | `isPropertyKey` | Checks if a value is a valid property key: `string`, `number`, or `symbol`. |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isRegExp` | Checks if a value is a RegExp instance. |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isSpecialObject` | Determines if a value is a special object that should not have its properties compared deeply. Speci |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isString` | Checks if a value is a string. |
@@ -228,7 +249,6 @@ pnpm add @helpers4/version
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isTimestamp` | Checks if a value is a valid timestamp (milliseconds or Unix seconds).  Supports: - JavaScript / Jav |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isTruthy` | Checks if a value is truthy (not `false`, `null`, `undefined`, `0`, `""`, or `NaN`).  This is the ty |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isUndefined` | Checks if a value is `undefined`. |
-| `@helpers4/type` | `isValidDate` | Checks if a value is a valid Date instance (not `Invalid Date`).  Unlike isDate, this also verifies  |
 | `@helpers4/type` | `isValidRegex` | Checks if a string is a valid regex pattern. |
 | `@helpers4/url` | `cleanPath` | Clean an URL by removing duplicate slashes. The protocol part of the URL is not modified. |
 | `@helpers4/url` | `extractPureURI` | Extracts the pure URI from a URL by removing query parameters and fragments. |
@@ -443,14 +463,39 @@ createSortByDateFn<T extends Record<string, unknown>>(property?: keyof T): SortF
 **Parameters:**
-- `property?: keyof T` — The property to sort by (defaults to 'date')
+- `property?: keyof T` — The property to sort by (defaults to `'date'`).
+  Accepted value types: `Date` (including cross-realm instances), `string`, or
+  `number` (Unix milliseconds). Any object with a `getTime(): number` method is
+  also accepted (duck-typed, so cross-realm `Date` objects work correctly).
+  `null`, `undefined`, and unparseable strings produce `NaN` and sort last,
+  distinct from a genuine Unix-epoch date (`new Date(0)`).
 **Returns:** `SortFn<T>` — Sort function
+**Examples:**
+*createSortByDateFn*
+```typescript
+```ts
+const events = [
+  { date: new Date('2023-01-01') },
+  { date: new Date('2021-06-15') },
+];
+events.sort(createSortByDateFn('date'))
+// => sorted oldest first
+```
+```
 ---
 ### `createSortByNaturalFn`
+Creates a sort function for objects by one or more string properties using
+natural ordering. Numbers embedded in values are compared numerically:
+"W2" < "W11" < "W20". When multiple properties are given, ties on the
+first key are broken by the second key, then the third, and so on.
 ```typescript
 import { createSortByNaturalFn } from '@helpers4/array';
@@ -459,8 +504,26 @@ createSortByNaturalFn<T extends Record<string, unknown>>(property?: keyof T | re
 **Parameters:**
-- `property?: keyof T | readonly keyof T[]`
-- `caseInsensitive: boolean` (default: `false`)
+- `property?: keyof T | readonly keyof T[]` — The property (or ordered list of properties) to sort by.
+  Defaults to trying 'value', 'label', 'title', 'description' in that order.
+- `caseInsensitive: boolean` (default: `false`) — Whether to ignore case **and diacritics** (default: false).
+  Uses `Intl.Collator { sensitivity: 'base' }`, which treats é, E, and e as equal.
+  This differs from `createSortByStringFn(key, true)`, which only folds case and
+  still distinguishes accented characters (é ≠ e).
+**Returns:** `SortFn<T>` — Sort function
+**Examples:**
+*createSortByNaturalFn*
+```typescript
+```ts
+const items = [{ label: 'W11' }, { label: 'W2' }, { label: 'W20' }];
+items.sort(createSortByNaturalFn('label'))
+// => [{ label: 'W2' }, { label: 'W11' }, { label: 'W20' }]
+```
+```
 ---
@@ -476,10 +539,27 @@ createSortByNumberFn<T extends Record<string, unknown>>(property?: keyof T): Sor
 **Parameters:**
-- `property?: keyof T` — The property to sort by (defaults to 'value')
+- `property?: keyof T` — The property to sort by (defaults to `'value'`). Always pass an
+  explicit key when T does not have a `'value'` property — omitting it on such types
+  produces a no-op comparator (all elements compare equal).
+  `null` and `undefined` sort last (treated as `+Infinity`). Non-numeric values
+  (including booleans — `Number(true) === 1`, `Number(false) === 0`) and `NaN` also
+  sort last.
 **Returns:** `SortFn<T>` — Sort function
+**Examples:**
+*createSortByNumberFn*
+```typescript
+```ts
+const items = [{ count: 3 }, { count: 1 }, { count: 2 }];
+items.sort(createSortByNumberFn('count'))
+// => [{ count: 1 }, { count: 2 }, { count: 3 }]
+```
+```
 ---
 ### `createSortByStringFn`
@@ -488,6 +568,10 @@ Creates a sort function for objects by one or more string properties.
 When multiple properties are given the array is sorted by the first key;
 ties are broken by the second key, then the third, and so on.
+Property values are coerced to strings via `String()` before comparison:
+numbers sort as `'0'`, `'1'`, `'42'`, etc. (lexicographic, not numeric);
+use `createSortByNumberFn` for numeric properties.
 ```typescript
 import { createSortByStringFn } from '@helpers4/array';
@@ -498,7 +582,12 @@ createSortByStringFn<T extends Record<string, unknown>>(property?: keyof T | rea
 - `property?: keyof T | readonly keyof T[]` — The property (or ordered list of properties) to sort by.
   Defaults to trying 'value', 'label', 'title', 'description' in that order.
-- `caseInsensitive: boolean` (default: `false`) — Whether to ignore case (default: false)
+  Pass `undefined` explicitly to use auto-detect; an empty array `[]` produces a
+  stable no-op comparator (does **not** fall back to auto-detect).
+- `caseInsensitive: boolean` (default: `false`) — Whether to ignore case (default: false).
+  Uses `Intl.Collator { sensitivity: 'accent' }`, which folds case but still
+  distinguishes accented characters (é ≠ e). This differs from
+  `createSortByNaturalFn(key, true)`, which also collapses diacritics.
 **Returns:** `SortFn<T>` — Sort function
@@ -531,13 +620,6 @@ rows.sort(createSortByStringFn(['dept', 'name'] as const))
 ---
-### `DEFAULT_SORT_STRING_PROPS`
-Default property names checked (in order) by auto-detecting sort helpers
-when no explicit property key is provided.
----
 ### `difference`
 Returns the difference between two arrays (items in first array but not in second)
@@ -867,6 +949,92 @@ intersects([1, 2], [3, 4])
 ---
+### `isEmpty`
+Checks if an array is empty (has no elements).
+```typescript
+import { isEmpty } from '@helpers4/array';
+isEmpty(value: readonly unknown[]): value is readonly never[]
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `value: readonly unknown[]` — The array to check
+**Returns:** `value is readonly never[]` — `true` if the array has no elements
+**Examples:**
+*Check if an array is empty*
+Returns true only for arrays with no elements.
+```typescript
+isEmpty([])        // => true
+isEmpty([1, 2, 3]) // => false
+isEmpty([null])    // => false  (null is still an element)
+```
+*Branch on empty array with type narrowing*
+In the true branch, the type narrows to never[], ensuring no element access.
+```typescript
+function first<T>(arr: T[]): T | undefined {
+  if (isEmpty(arr)) return undefined;
+  return arr[0]; // TypeScript knows arr is non-empty here
+}
+first([])      // => undefined
+first([1, 2])  // => 1
+```
+---
+### `isNonEmpty`
+Checks if an array is non-empty (has at least one element).
+```typescript
+import { isNonEmpty } from '@helpers4/array';
+isNonEmpty<T>(value: readonly T[]): value is readonly [T, T]
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `value: readonly T[]` — The array to check
+**Returns:** `value is readonly [T, T]` — `true` if the array has at least one element
+**Examples:**
+*Check if an array has elements*
+Returns true for arrays with at least one element, regardless of the element values.
+```typescript
+isNonEmpty([1, 2, 3]) // => true
+isNonEmpty([null])    // => true  (null is still an element)
+isNonEmpty([])        // => false
+```
+*Safe first-element access with type narrowing*
+In the true branch, the type narrows to [T, ...T[]], making arr[0] always defined.
+```typescript
+function first<T>(arr: readonly T[]): T | undefined {
+  if (isNonEmpty(arr)) return arr[0]; // arr[0] is T, not T | undefined
+  return undefined;
+}
+first([1, 2]) // => 1
+first([])     // => undefined
+```
+---
 ### `max`
 Returns the maximum value in an array using a loop instead of spread,
@@ -902,6 +1070,39 @@ max(Array.from({ length: 1_000_000 }, (_, i) => i))
 ---
+### `mean`
+Calculates the arithmetic mean (average) of an array of numbers.
+Returns `NaN` for an empty array.
+Pairs with sum for aggregate operations.
+```typescript
+import { mean } from '@helpers4/array';
+mean(array: readonly number[]): number
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `array: readonly number[]` — The array of numbers to average
+**Returns:** `number` — The arithmetic mean, or `NaN` if the array is empty
+**Examples:**
+*Average a list of numbers*
+Returns the arithmetic mean of the array; NaN for empty arrays.
+```typescript
+mean([1, 2, 3, 4])  // => 2.5
+mean([10, 20, 30])  // => 20
+mean([])            // => NaN
+```
+---
 ### `min`
 Returns the minimum value in an array using a loop instead of spread,
@@ -1113,6 +1314,57 @@ sample([])
 ---
+### `select`
+Filters and transforms an array in a single pass.
+Similar to `.filter(condition).map(mapper)` but iterates the array only once.
+**Index semantics differ from `.filter().map()`:** the `index` passed to both
+`condition` and `mapper` is the index in the **original** array, not the
+post-filter position. Use index-agnostic callbacks when the two must behave
+identically.
+```typescript
+import { select } from '@helpers4/array';
+select<T, U>(array: readonly T[], mapper: function, condition: function): U[]
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `array: readonly T[]` — The array to process
+- `mapper: function` — Transforms each item that passes the condition
+- `condition: function` (default: `...`) — Determines which items to include; defaults to keeping all items
+**Returns:** `U[]` — Mapped values for items that pass the condition
+**Examples:**
+*Filter and transform in one pass*
+Keeps only items matching the condition and transforms them — equivalent to .filter().map() but with a single iteration.
+```typescript
+select([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], x => x * 2, x => x % 2 === 0)
+// => [4, 8]
+```
+*Extract a field from matching objects*
+Filter on a condition and pluck a specific property in a single readable call.
+```typescript
+const users = [
+  { name: 'Alice', active: true },
+  { name: 'Bob',   active: false },
+  { name: 'Carol', active: true },
+];
+select(users, u => u.name, u => u.active)
+// => ['Alice', 'Carol']
+```
+---
 ### `shuffle`
 Randomly reorders elements of an array using the Fisher-Yates algorithm.
@@ -1233,7 +1485,19 @@ items.sort(createSortByNaturalFn('code'))
 ### `sortStringNaturalAscInsensitiveFn`
-Sort strings in ascending natural order (case insensitive).
+Sort strings in ascending natural order, ignoring case **and diacritics**
+(`Intl.Collator { sensitivity: 'base' }` — treats é, E, and e as equal).
+Numbers embedded in strings are compared numerically: "W2" < "W11" < "W20".
+**Examples:**
+*sortStringNaturalAscInsensitiveFn*
+```typescript
+```ts
+['W11', 'W2', 'W20'].sort(sortStringNaturalAscInsensitiveFn) // => ['W2', 'W11', 'W20']
+```
+```
 ---
@@ -1242,13 +1506,72 @@ Sort strings in ascending natural order (case insensitive).
 Sort strings in descending order using natural (human-friendly) ordering.
 Numbers embedded in strings are compared numerically: "W20" > "W11" > "W2".
+**Examples:**
+*sortStringNaturalDescFn*
+```typescript
+```ts
+['W11', 'W2', 'W20'].sort(sortStringNaturalDescFn) // => ['W20', 'W11', 'W2']
+```
+```
 ---
 ### `sortStringNaturalDescInsensitiveFn`
-Sort strings in descending natural order (case insensitive).
+Sort strings in descending natural order, ignoring case **and diacritics**
+(`Intl.Collator { sensitivity: 'base' }` — treats é, E, and e as equal).
 Numbers embedded in strings are compared numerically: "W20" > "W11" > "W2".
+**Examples:**
+*sortStringNaturalDescInsensitiveFn*
+```typescript
+```ts
+['W11', 'W2', 'W20'].sort(sortStringNaturalDescInsensitiveFn) // => ['W20', 'W11', 'W2']
+```
+```
+---
+### `sum`
+Calculates the sum of an array of numbers.
+```typescript
+import { sum } from '@helpers4/array';
+sum(array: readonly number[]): number
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `array: readonly number[]` — The array of numbers to sum
+**Returns:** `number` — The sum of all values, or `0` for an empty array
+**Examples:**
+*Sum numbers*
+Calculates the sum of an array of numbers.
+```typescript
+sum([1, 2, 3, 4])
+// => 10
+```
+*Sum with negative numbers*
+Handles negative numbers correctly.
+```typescript
+sum([10, -3, 5, -2])
+// => 10
+```
 ---
 ### `unique`
@@ -2637,6 +2960,39 @@ normalizeTimestamp(1737290400)
 ---
+### `isValid`
+Checks if a value is a valid Date instance (not `Invalid Date`).
+Unlike `isDate` (in `type/`), this also verifies that the internal timestamp
+is not `NaN`.
+```typescript
+import { isValid } from '@helpers4/date';
+isValid(value: unknown): value is Date
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `value: unknown` — The value to check
+**Returns:** `value is Date` — True if value is a Date instance with a valid time value
+**Examples:**
+*isValid*
+```typescript
+```ts
+isValid(new Date())          // => true
+isValid(new Date('invalid')) // => false
+isValid('2023-01-01')        // => false (not a Date instance)
+```
+```
+---
 ### `isValidDateString`
 Checks whether a string can be parsed into a valid `Date`.
@@ -3506,17 +3862,23 @@ Pass identity where a transform function is required but no transformation is ne
 ### `memoize`
-Returns a memoized version of the function that caches results
+Returns a memoized version of the function that caches results.
+Cache keys are derived via `JSON.stringify`; `undefined` arguments are
+correctly distinguished from `null`. Arguments that are not JSON-serializable
+(functions, symbols, class instances, circular references) produce a
+`null`-equivalent key and are not supported.
 ```typescript
 import { memoize } from '@helpers4/function';
-memoize<A extends unknown[], R>(func: function): function
+memoize<A extends unknown[], R>(func: function, options?: MemoizeOptions): function
 ```
 **Parameters:**
 - `func: function` — The function to memoize
+- `options?: MemoizeOptions` — Optional settings (e.g. `maxSize` to cap memory usage)
 **Returns:** `function` — The memoized function
@@ -4175,43 +4537,140 @@ values.filter(isBuffer)
 ---
-## number
-Package: `@helpers4/number`
+### `isNodeStream`
-### `clamp`
+Checks if a value is a Node.js stream (has a `.pipe()` method).
-Clamps a number between min and max values
+Uses duck-typing: any object with a `pipe` function qualifies, covering
+`Readable`, `Writable`, `Duplex`, `Transform`, and custom stream-compatible
+objects without importing from `node:stream`.
 ```typescript
-import { clamp } from '@helpers4/number';
+import { isNodeStream } from '@helpers4/node';
-clamp(value: number, min: number, max: number): number
+isNodeStream(value: unknown): value is object
 ```
 **Parameters:**
-- `value: number` — The value to clamp
-- `min: number` — Minimum value
-- `max: number` — Maximum value
+- `value: unknown` — The value to check
-**Returns:** `number` — Clamped value
+**Returns:** `value is object` — `true` if value is a Node.js stream
 **Examples:**
-*Clamp a value within range*
+*Detect a Node.js stream*
-Restricts a number to be within a min/max range.
+Returns true for any object with a .pipe() method (Readable, Writable, Transform, etc.).
 ```typescript
-clamp(15, 0, 10)  // => 10
-clamp(-5, 0, 10)  // => 0
-clamp(5, 0, 10)   // => 5
+import { Readable } from 'node:stream';
+isNodeStream(new Readable({ read() {} })) // => true
+isNodeStream({})                          // => false
+isNodeStream(null)                        // => false
+```
+*Guard before piping an unknown value*
+Use isNodeStream to safely pipe only known streams.
+```typescript
+import { Writable } from 'node:stream';
+function pipeToOutput(source: unknown, dest: Writable): void {
+  if (isNodeStream(source)) {
+    source.pipe(dest);
+  }
+}
 ```
 ---
-### `correctFloat`
+### `isSharedArrayBuffer`
+Checks if a value is a `SharedArrayBuffer` instance.
+`SharedArrayBuffer` enables shared memory between the main thread and worker
+threads. In browsers without COOP/COEP headers, `SharedArrayBuffer` may be
+unavailable; this function returns `false` in that case.
+```typescript
+import { isSharedArrayBuffer } from '@helpers4/node';
+isSharedArrayBuffer(value: unknown): value is SharedArrayBuffer
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `value: unknown` — The value to check
+**Returns:** `value is SharedArrayBuffer` — `true` if value is a SharedArrayBuffer
+**Examples:**
+*Distinguish SharedArrayBuffer from ArrayBuffer*
+Returns true only for SharedArrayBuffer instances, not plain ArrayBuffers.
+```typescript
+isSharedArrayBuffer(new SharedArrayBuffer(8)) // => true
+isSharedArrayBuffer(new ArrayBuffer(8))       // => false
+isSharedArrayBuffer(null)                     // => false
+```
+*Safe shared memory check before worker communication*
+Use as a guard to ensure a buffer can be transferred to a Worker.
+```typescript
+function sendToWorker(buffer: unknown): void {
+  if (isSharedArrayBuffer(buffer)) {
+    // buffer is SharedArrayBuffer — can be shared directly
+    // worker.postMessage({ buffer });
+  } else {
+    // must transfer or copy
+  }
+}
+```
+---
+## number
+Package: `@helpers4/number`
+### `clamp`
+Clamps a number between min and max values
+```typescript
+import { clamp } from '@helpers4/number';
+clamp(value: number, min: number, max: number): number
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `value: number` — The value to clamp
+- `min: number` — Minimum value
+- `max: number` — Maximum value
+**Returns:** `number` — Clamped value
+**Examples:**
+*Clamp a value within range*
+Restricts a number to be within a min/max range.
+```typescript
+clamp(15, 0, 10)  // => 10
+clamp(-5, 0, 10)  // => 0
+clamp(5, 0, 10)   // => 5
+```
+---
+### `correctFloat`
 Corrects floating-point arithmetic errors by rounding to a given number
 of significant digits. Useful after calculations that accumulate binary
@@ -4224,6 +4683,10 @@ Note: for values whose integer part already consumes 14 or more digits
 digits and will silently truncate them. Increase `precision` if you
 need to correct drift in very large numbers.
+Note: IEEE-754 doubles carry at most ~17 significant decimal digits.
+Precision values above 17 pad with digits that reflect the underlying
+binary representation rather than correcting drift.
 ```typescript
 import { correctFloat } from '@helpers4/number';
@@ -4233,7 +4696,9 @@ correctFloat(value: number, precision: number): number
 **Parameters:**
 - `value: number` — The floating-point value to correct
-- `precision: number` (default: `14`) — Integer number of significant digits (default: 14)
+- `precision: number` (default: `14`) — Integer number of significant digits between 1 and 100
+  (default: 14). Values above 17 are valid but expose binary noise beyond
+  IEEE-754's meaningful range.
 **Returns:** `number` — The corrected value
@@ -4259,6 +4724,53 @@ correctFloat(1.23456789, 6)  // => 1.23457
 ---
+### `extractNumber`
+Extracts the first number embedded anywhere in a string, or passes through a `number`.
+Unlike a plain `parseFloat`/`parseInt`, the number does not need to be at the start of
+the string: digits are searched for anywhere, so leading/trailing text (units, labels, ...)
+is ignored. A `-` before the digits and a scientific-notation suffix (`e`/`E`) are
+disambiguated with ExtractNumberOptions.sign and ExtractNumberOptions.exponent.
+Returns `undefined` if no number can be found.
+```typescript
+import { extractNumber } from '@helpers4/number';
+extractNumber(value: unknown, options: ExtractNumberOptions): number | undefined
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `value: unknown` — The value to extract a number from
+- `options: ExtractNumberOptions` (default: `{}`) — Options controlling sign and exponent disambiguation
+**Returns:** `number | undefined` — The extracted number, or `undefined` if none was found
+**Examples:**
+*extractNumber*
+```typescript
+```ts
+extractNumber('16.5px')        // => 16.5
+extractNumber('.5rem')         // => 0.5   (leading-dot decimal)
+extractNumber('-.5')           // => -0.5  (leading-dot with sign)
+extractNumber('Wafer 10')      // => 10
+extractNumber('xxx-111')       // => 111   ('-' glued to text → separator)
+extractNumber('xxx -111')      // => -111  ('-' preceded by a space → sign)
+extractNumber('x-.5')          // => 0.5   ('-' glued to 'x' → separator; leading-dot decimal follows)
+extractNumber('-111')          // => -111  ('-' at the start of the string → sign)
+extractNumber('1e5 mol')       // => 100000
+extractNumber('1e5kg')         // => 1     ('e5' glued to text → mantissa only)
+extractNumber('no number')     // => undefined
+extractNumber(42)              // => 42
+```
+```
+---
 ### `formatCompact`
 Formats a number using compact notation (e.g. `1_500_000 → "1.5M"`).
@@ -4380,80 +4892,204 @@ inRange(10, 1, 10, { inclusive: 'none' }) // => false
 ---
-### `lerp`
+### `isEven`
-Linearly interpolates between `start` and `end` by the factor `t`.
+Checks if a value is an even integer.
-- `t = 0` returns `start`.
-- `t = 1` returns `end`.
-- Values of `t` outside `[0, 1]` extrapolate beyond the range.
+Returns `false` for non-numbers, non-integers, `NaN`, `Infinity`, and odd integers.
 ```typescript
-import { lerp } from '@helpers4/number';
+import { isEven } from '@helpers4/number';
-lerp(start: number, end: number, t: number): number
+isEven(value: unknown): value is number
 ```
 **Parameters:**
-- `start: number` — The start value.
-- `end: number` — The end value.
-- `t: number` — The interpolation factor.
+- `value: unknown` — The value to check
-**Returns:** `number` — The interpolated value.
+**Returns:** `value is number` — `true` if value is an integer divisible by 2
 **Examples:**
-*Interpolate between two values*
+*Check if a number is even*
-Returns the value between start and end at position t (0 = start, 1 = end).
+Returns true for integers divisible by 2, false otherwise.
 ```typescript
-lerp(0, 100, 0)    // => 0
-lerp(0, 100, 0.5)  // => 50
-lerp(0, 100, 1)    // => 100
+isEven(4)   // => true
+isEven(0)   // => true
+isEven(3)   // => false
+isEven(1.5) // => false  (not an integer)
 ```
-*Animate a colour channel*
+*Filter even numbers from an array*
-t outside [0, 1] extrapolates beyond the range.
+Use as a predicate in .filter() to extract even integers.
 ```typescript
-lerp(0, 255, 0.5) // => 127.5
-lerp(0, 10, 2)    // => 20  (extrapolation)
+const nums = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
+nums.filter(isEven)
+// => [2, 4, 6]
 ```
 ---
-### `mean`
+### `isNegative`
-Calculates the arithmetic mean (average) of an array of numbers.
-Returns `NaN` for an empty array.
+Checks if a value is a number less than 0.
-Pairs with sum for aggregate operations.
+Returns `false` for `NaN`, `0`, positive numbers, and non-number types.
 ```typescript
-import { mean } from '@helpers4/number';
+import { isNegative } from '@helpers4/number';
-mean(array: readonly number[]): number
+isNegative(value: unknown): value is number
 ```
 **Parameters:**
-- `array: readonly number[]` — The array of numbers to average
+- `value: unknown` — The value to check
-**Returns:** `number` — The arithmetic mean, or `NaN` if the array is empty
+**Returns:** `value is number` — True if value is a negative number
 **Examples:**
-*Average a list of numbers*
+*isNegative*
-Returns the arithmetic mean of the array; NaN for empty arrays.
+```typescript
+```ts
+isNegative(-1)        // => true
+isNegative(-0.5)      // => true
+isNegative(-Infinity) // => true
+isNegative(0)         // => false
+isNegative(1)         // => false
+isNegative(NaN)       // => false
+```
+```
+---
+### `isOdd`
+Checks if a value is an odd integer.
+Returns `false` for non-numbers, non-integers, `NaN`, `Infinity`, and even integers.
 ```typescript
-mean([1, 2, 3, 4])  // => 2.5
-mean([10, 20, 30])  // => 20
-mean([])            // => NaN
+import { isOdd } from '@helpers4/number';
+isOdd(value: unknown): value is number
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `value: unknown` — The value to check
+**Returns:** `value is number` — `true` if value is an integer not divisible by 2
+**Examples:**
+*Check if a number is odd*
+Returns true for integers not divisible by 2, false otherwise.
+```typescript
+isOdd(3)   // => true
+isOdd(1)   // => true
+isOdd(2)   // => false
+isOdd(0)   // => false
+isOdd(1.5) // => false  (not an integer)
+```
+*Filter odd numbers from an array*
+Use as a predicate in .filter() to extract odd integers.
+```typescript
+const nums = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
+nums.filter(isOdd)
+// => [1, 3, 5]
+```
+---
+### `isPositive`
+Checks if a value is a number greater than 0.
+Returns `false` for `NaN`, `0`, negative numbers, and non-number types.
+```typescript
+import { isPositive } from '@helpers4/number';
+isPositive(value: unknown): value is number
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `value: unknown` — The value to check
+**Returns:** `value is number` — True if value is a positive number
+**Examples:**
+*isPositive*
+```typescript
+```ts
+isPositive(42)       // => true
+isPositive(0.1)      // => true
+isPositive(Infinity) // => true
+isPositive(0)        // => false
+isPositive(-1)       // => false
+isPositive(NaN)      // => false
+```
+```
+---
+### `lerp`
+Linearly interpolates between `start` and `end` by the factor `t`.
+- `t = 0` returns `start`.
+- `t = 1` returns `end`.
+- Values of `t` outside `[0, 1]` extrapolate beyond the range.
+```typescript
+import { lerp } from '@helpers4/number';
+lerp(start: number, end: number, t: number): number
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `start: number` — The start value.
+- `end: number` — The end value.
+- `t: number` — The interpolation factor.
+**Returns:** `number` — The interpolated value.
+**Examples:**
+*Interpolate between two values*
+Returns the value between start and end at position t (0 = start, 1 = end).
+```typescript
+lerp(0, 100, 0)    // => 0
+lerp(0, 100, 0.5)  // => 50
+lerp(0, 100, 1)    // => 100
+```
+*Animate a colour channel*
+t outside [0, 1] extrapolates beyond the range.
+```typescript
+lerp(0, 255, 0.5) // => 127.5
+lerp(0, 10, 2)    // => 20  (extrapolation)
 ```
 ---
@@ -4555,44 +5191,6 @@ roundTo(3.7, 0)
 ---
-### `sum`
-Calculates the sum of an array of numbers.
-```typescript
-import { sum } from '@helpers4/number';
-sum(array: readonly number[]): number
-```
-**Parameters:**
-- `array: readonly number[]` — The array of numbers to sum
-**Returns:** `number` — The sum of all values
-**Examples:**
-*Sum numbers*
-Calculates the sum of an array of numbers.
-```typescript
-sum([1, 2, 3, 4])
-// => 10
-```
-*Sum with negative numbers*
-Handles negative numbers correctly.
-```typescript
-sum([10, -3, 5, -2])
-// => 10
-```
----
 ## object
 Package: `@helpers4/object`
@@ -4692,46 +5290,51 @@ cloned.a.b = 2;
 ### `deepMerge`
-Merges two or more objects deeply
+Merges two or more objects deeply.
+Recursively merges own enumerable properties — both string and symbol keys.
+Plain objects are merged recursively; all other values (arrays, class instances,
+primitives, etc.) are replaced by the source value.
+`undefined` source values do not overwrite existing target values.
 ```typescript
 import { deepMerge } from '@helpers4/object';
-deepMerge<T extends Record<string, unknown>>(target: T, sources: Record<string, unknown>[]): T
+deepMerge<T extends Record<PropertyKey, unknown>>(target: T, sources: Record<PropertyKey, unknown>[]): T
 ```
 **Parameters:**
-- `target: T` — The target object
-- `sources: Record<string, unknown>[]` — The source objects to merge
+- `target: T` — The target object (mutated in place)
+- `sources: Record<PropertyKey, unknown>[]` — One or more source objects to merge into the target
-**Returns:** `T` — The merged object
+**Returns:** `T` — The mutated target
 ```typescript
 import { deepMerge } from '@helpers4/object';
-deepMerge(target: undefined, sources: Record<string, unknown>[]): undefined
+deepMerge(target: undefined, sources: Record<PropertyKey, unknown>[]): undefined
 ```
 **Parameters:**
-- `target: undefined` — The target object
-- `sources: Record<string, unknown>[]` — The source objects to merge
+- `target: undefined` — The target object (mutated in place)
+- `sources: Record<PropertyKey, unknown>[]` — One or more source objects to merge into the target
-**Returns:** `undefined` — The merged object
+**Returns:** `undefined` — The mutated target
 ```typescript
 import { deepMerge } from '@helpers4/object';
-deepMerge(target: null, sources: Record<string, unknown>[]): null
+deepMerge(target: null, sources: Record<PropertyKey, unknown>[]): null
 ```
 **Parameters:**
-- `target: null` — The target object
-- `sources: Record<string, unknown>[]` — The source objects to merge
+- `target: null` — The target object (mutated in place)
+- `sources: Record<PropertyKey, unknown>[]` — One or more source objects to merge into the target
-**Returns:** `null` — The merged object
+**Returns:** `null` — The mutated target
 **Examples:**
@@ -4891,7 +5494,17 @@ equalsShallow({ a: 1, b: 2 }, { a: 1, b: 2 })
 ### `get`
-Gets a value from an object using a dot-notated path
+Gets a value from an object using a dot/bracket-notated path or explicit key array.
+**Two path forms are supported:**
+1. **String path** — dot notation (`'a.b.c'`) and bracket notation (`'layers[1].name'`)
+   are both accepted and mixed freely. Segments are traversed as string keys; `[n]`
+   indices become numeric keys.
+2. **Key array** (`PropertyKey[]`) — explicit array of `string | number | symbol` keys,
+   no parsing performed. Enables symbol-keyed traversal and compile-time type inference:
+   `get(obj, ['a', 'b'] as const)` infers the return type from the path.
 ```typescript
 import { get } from '@helpers4/object';
@@ -4901,11 +5514,25 @@ get<T = unknown>(obj: unknown, path: string, defaultValue?: T): T | undefined
 **Parameters:**
-- `obj: unknown` — The object to get value from
-- `path: string` — The dot-notated path (e.g., 'a.b.c')
-- `defaultValue?: T` — Default value if path doesn't exist
+- `obj: unknown` — The object to read from
+- `path: string` — Dot/bracket-notation string or explicit `PropertyKey[]`
+- `defaultValue?: T` — Returned when the path is absent or resolves to `undefined`
+**Returns:** `T | undefined` — The value at the path, or `defaultValue`
+```typescript
+import { get } from '@helpers4/object';
+get<T extends object, Path extends readonly PropertyKey[]>(obj: T, path: Path, defaultValue?: DeepGet<T, Path>): DeepGet<T, Path> | undefined
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `obj: T` — The object to read from
+- `path: Path` — Dot/bracket-notation string or explicit `PropertyKey[]`
+- `defaultValue?: DeepGet<T, Path>` — Returned when the path is absent or resolves to `undefined`
-**Returns:** `T | undefined` — The value at the path or default value
+**Returns:** `DeepGet<T, Path> | undefined` — The value at the path, or `defaultValue`
 **Examples:**
@@ -4927,6 +5554,16 @@ get({ a: 1 }, 'b.c', 'default')
 // => 'default'
 ```
+*Get via key array (supports symbols)*
+Pass an explicit PropertyKey[] to bypass parsing. Supports string, number, and symbol keys.
+```typescript
+const id = Symbol('id')
+get({ [id]: 'alice' }, [id])
+// => 'alice'
+```
 ---
 ### `groupBy`
@@ -5017,6 +5654,98 @@ LABEL_TO_CODE['OK']; // => '200'
 ---
+### `isEmpty`
+Checks if a plain object has no own enumerable string-keyed properties.
+Symbol-keyed properties are not counted. Use `Object.getOwnPropertySymbols`
+separately if symbol keys matter for your use case.
+```typescript
+import { isEmpty } from '@helpers4/object';
+isEmpty(value: Record<PropertyKey, unknown>): boolean
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `value: Record<PropertyKey, unknown>` — The object to check
+**Returns:** `boolean` — `true` if the object has no own enumerable string-keyed properties
+**Examples:**
+*Check if an object has no own string-keyed properties*
+Returns true for `{}`. Symbol-keyed properties are not counted.
+```typescript
+isEmpty({})              // => true
+isEmpty({ a: 1 })        // => false
+isEmpty({ a: undefined }) // => false  (key exists even if value is undefined)
+```
+*Symbol keys are not counted*
+An object with only symbol-keyed properties is considered empty.
+```typescript
+const sym = Symbol('x');
+const obj = { [sym]: 1 };
+isEmpty(obj) // => true  (only string keys are counted)
+```
+---
+### `isNonEmpty`
+Checks if a plain object has at least one own enumerable string-keyed property.
+Symbol-keyed properties are not counted. Use `Object.getOwnPropertySymbols`
+separately if symbol keys matter for your use case.
+```typescript
+import { isNonEmpty } from '@helpers4/object';
+isNonEmpty(value: Record<PropertyKey, unknown>): boolean
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `value: Record<PropertyKey, unknown>` — The object to check
+**Returns:** `boolean` — `true` if the object has at least one own enumerable string-keyed property
+**Examples:**
+*Check if an object has own string-keyed properties*
+Returns true when at least one own enumerable string key is present.
+```typescript
+isNonEmpty({ a: 1 })        // => true
+isNonEmpty({ a: undefined }) // => true  (key exists)
+isNonEmpty({})              // => false
+```
+*Guard before iterating object keys*
+Use isNonEmpty before looping to avoid processing empty objects.
+```typescript
+function processConfig(config: Record<string, unknown>): void {
+  if (!isNonEmpty(config)) {
+    console.warn('Config is empty');
+    return;
+  }
+  for (const key of Object.keys(config)) {
+    // process each key
+  }
+}
+```
+---
 ### `map`
 Transforms the values and/or keys of a plain object in a single pass.
@@ -5329,7 +6058,24 @@ safeJsonParse('invalid', [])
 ### `set`
-Sets a value in an object using a dot-notated path
+Sets a value in an object at the given path, creating intermediate objects as needed.
+**Three path forms are supported:**
+1. **Dot notation** (`string`) — segments split on `.` are kept as-is string keys.
+   `"layers.1.name"` → keys `["layers", "1", "name"]` (all strings, including `"1"`).
+2. **Bracket notation** (`string`) — `[n]` segments are parsed as numeric keys.
+   `"layers[1].name"` → keys `["layers", 1, "name"]` (index `1` becomes a number).
+   Dot and bracket can be mixed freely: `"a[0].b[2].c"`.
+3. **Key array** (`PropertyKey[]`) — explicit array of `string | number | symbol` keys,
+   no parsing performed. Enables full key-type control, including symbols:
+   `["layers", 1, Symbol('id')]`.
+Intermediate nodes that are absent, `null`, or not an object are replaced with `{}`.
+Any path containing a string segment equal to `__proto__`, `constructor`, or `prototype`
+is rejected and the original object is returned unchanged (prototype-pollution guard).
 ```typescript
 import { set } from '@helpers4/object';
@@ -5339,21 +6085,58 @@ set(obj: Record<string, unknown>, path: string, value: unknown): Record<string,
 **Parameters:**
-- `obj: Record<string, unknown>` — The object to set value in
-- `path: string` — The dot-notated path (e.g., 'a.b.c')
-- `value: unknown` — The value to set
+- `obj: Record<string, unknown>` — The object to mutate
+- `path: string` — Dot/bracket-notation string or explicit `PropertyKey[]`
+- `value: unknown` — Value to assign at the path
+**Returns:** `Record<string, unknown>` — The mutated object (same reference)
+```typescript
+import { set } from '@helpers4/object';
+set<T extends object, Path extends readonly PropertyKey[], V extends unknown>(obj: T, path: Path, value: V): DeepSet<T, Path, V>
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `obj: T` — The object to mutate
+- `path: Path` — Dot/bracket-notation string or explicit `PropertyKey[]`
+- `value: V` — Value to assign at the path
-**Returns:** `Record<string, unknown>` — The modified object
+**Returns:** `DeepSet<T, Path, V>` — The mutated object (same reference)
 **Examples:**
-*Set a nested property*
+*Set a nested property (dot notation)*
-Creates intermediate objects as needed along the dot-notated path.
+Creates intermediate objects as needed. All segments are string keys — including numeric-looking ones like "1".
 ```typescript
 set({}, 'a.b.c', 42)
 // => { a: { b: { c: 42 } } }
+set({}, 'layers.1.name', 'bg')
+// => { layers: { '1': { name: 'bg' } } }   // '1' is a string key
+```
+*Set via bracket notation*
+Square-bracket indices become numeric keys. Useful when the path targets an array element.
+```typescript
+const obj = { layers: [{}, { name: 'old' }] }
+set(obj, 'layers[1].name', 'new')
+// => { layers: [{}, { name: 'new' }] }
+```
+*Set via key array (supports symbols)*
+Pass an explicit PropertyKey[] to bypass parsing. Supports string, number, and symbol keys.
+```typescript
+const id = Symbol('id')
+set({}, ['user', id], 'alice')
+// => { user: { [id]: 'alice' } }
 ```
 ---
@@ -5436,20 +6219,67 @@ combineLatest<T extends Record<string, ObservableInput<unknown>>>(sourcesObject:
 *Combine array of observables*
-Combines an array of observables into one that emits arrays of their latest values.
+Combines an array of observables into one that emits arrays of their latest values.
+```typescript
+combineLatest([of(1), of(2), of(3)])
+// emits [1, 2, 3]
+```
+*Handle empty array*
+Returns an observable that emits an empty array when given no sources.
+```typescript
+combineLatest([])
+// emits []
+```
+---
+### `isObservable`
+Checks if a value is an RxJS Observable or any compatible observable.
+Uses duck-typing: returns `true` for any object with both `.subscribe()` and
+`.pipe()` methods, covering `Observable`, `Subject`, `BehaviorSubject`,
+`ReplaySubject`, and any RxJS-compatible observable implementation.
+```typescript
+import { isObservable } from '@helpers4/observable';
+isObservable(value: unknown): value is Observable<unknown>
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `value: unknown` — The value to check
+**Returns:** `value is Observable<unknown>` — `true` if value is observable-like
+**Examples:**
+*Detect an RxJS Observable or Subject*
+Returns true for Observable, Subject, BehaviorSubject, and any duck-typed observable.
 ```typescript
-combineLatest([of(1), of(2), of(3)])
-// emits [1, 2, 3]
+import { Observable, Subject } from 'rxjs';
+isObservable(new Observable())  // => true
+isObservable(new Subject())     // => true
+isObservable(Promise.resolve()) // => false
+isObservable({})                // => false
 ```
-*Handle empty array*
+*Accept either an Observable or a plain value*
-Returns an observable that emits an empty array when given no sources.
+Use as a guard to normalize inputs that may be Observables or raw values.
 ```typescript
-combineLatest([])
-// emits []
+import { Observable, of } from 'rxjs';
+function toObservable<T>(value: T | Observable<T>): Observable<T> {
+  return isObservable(value) ? value : of(value);
+}
 ```
 ---
@@ -6337,6 +7167,196 @@ injectWordBreaks('https://example.com/foo/bar')
 ---
+### `isBlank`
+Checks if a string is blank — empty or contains only whitespace characters.
+Uses `String.prototype.trim()` internally, which covers all ECMAScript
+whitespace: standard ASCII whitespace (`\t`, `\n`, `\r`, `\f`, `\v`),
+non-breaking space (U+00A0), BOM (U+FEFF), and all Unicode "Space_Separator"
+category characters (en space, em space, thin space, ideographic space, etc.).
+**Zero-width characters** (U+200B zero-width space, U+200C, U+200D, U+2060)
+are **not** treated as whitespace — they are Unicode "Format" (Cf) characters,
+not spaces. Strip them explicitly if needed:
+`isBlank(value.replace(/[-‍⁠]/g, ''))`
+```typescript
+import { isBlank } from '@helpers4/string';
+isBlank(value: string): boolean
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `value: string` — The string to check
+**Returns:** `boolean` — `true` if the string is empty or contains only whitespace
+**Examples:**
+*Detect empty or whitespace-only strings*
+Returns true for "" and for any string made entirely of whitespace — including non-breaking space (U+00A0), en/em spaces, ideographic space, and BOM.
+```typescript
+isBlank('')      // => true
+isBlank('   ')   // => true
+isBlank('\t\n')  // => true
+isBlank(' ')     // => true   (non-breaking space U+00A0)
+isBlank('foo')   // => false
+isBlank(' x ')   // => false
+```
+*Form validation — reject blank input*
+Use isBlank to reject fields that contain only whitespace.
+```typescript
+function validateName(name: string): string | null {
+  if (isBlank(name)) return 'Name is required';
+  return null;
+}
+validateName('')    // => 'Name is required'
+validateName('   ') // => 'Name is required'
+validateName('Ada') // => null
+```
+---
+### `isEmpty`
+Checks if a string is empty (`""`).
+This is a strict emptiness check — whitespace-only strings are **not** considered
+empty. Use `isEmpty(value.trim())` if you need to treat blank strings as empty.
+```typescript
+import { isEmpty } from '@helpers4/string';
+isEmpty(value: string): value is ""
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `value: string` — The string to check
+**Returns:** `value is ""` — `true` if the string is `""`
+**Examples:**
+*Check if a string is empty*
+Returns true only for `""`. Whitespace-only strings are not considered empty.
+```typescript
+isEmpty('')    // => true
+isEmpty(' ')   // => false  (whitespace is content)
+isEmpty('foo') // => false
+```
+*Treat blank strings as empty by trimming first*
+Compose with .trim() when whitespace-only should also be considered empty.
+```typescript
+isEmpty(''.trim())   // => true
+isEmpty('   '.trim()) // => true
+isEmpty('hi'.trim())  // => false
+```
+---
+### `isNonEmpty`
+Checks if a string is non-empty (has at least one character).
+Whitespace-only strings are considered non-empty.
+Use `isNonEmpty(value.trim())` if you need to exclude blank strings.
+```typescript
+import { isNonEmpty } from '@helpers4/string';
+isNonEmpty(value: string): boolean
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `value: string` — The string to check
+**Returns:** `boolean` — `true` if the string has at least one character
+**Examples:**
+*Check if a string has content*
+Returns true for any string with at least one character, including whitespace.
+```typescript
+isNonEmpty('hello') // => true
+isNonEmpty(' ')     // => true  (whitespace is content)
+isNonEmpty('')      // => false
+```
+*Exclude blank strings by trimming first*
+Compose with .trim() when whitespace-only strings should be treated as empty.
+```typescript
+isNonEmpty('hello'.trim()) // => true
+isNonEmpty('   '.trim())   // => false
+isNonEmpty(''.trim())      // => false
+```
+---
+### `isNotBlank`
+Checks if a string is not blank — non-empty and contains at least one
+non-whitespace character.
+Uses `String.prototype.trim()` internally. See `isBlank` for the full list
+of characters considered whitespace (includes non-breaking space, en/em space,
+ideographic space, etc.).
+```typescript
+import { isNotBlank } from '@helpers4/string';
+isNotBlank(value: string): boolean
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `value: string` — The string to check
+**Returns:** `boolean` — `true` if the string has at least one non-whitespace character
+**Examples:**
+*Check that a string has real content*
+Returns true only when the string contains at least one non-whitespace character.
+```typescript
+isNotBlank('foo')  // => true
+isNotBlank(' x ')  // => true
+isNotBlank('')     // => false
+isNotBlank('   ')  // => false
+isNotBlank('\t')   // => false
+```
+*Filter out blank strings from an array*
+Use as a predicate in .filter() to keep only strings with real content.
+```typescript
+const tags = ['typescript', '  ', '', 'helpers'];
+tags.filter(isNotBlank)
+// => ['typescript', 'helpers']
+```
+---
 ### `kebabCase`
 Converts camelCase to kebab-case
@@ -6900,139 +7920,333 @@ type PartialConfig = DeepPartial<Config>;
 ```
 ```
----
+---
+### `DeepWritable`
+Recursively removes `readonly` from all properties of T, including nested
+objects, array elements, and tuple positions.
+**Examples:**
+*DeepWritable*
+```typescript
+```ts
+type Config = { readonly server: { readonly host: string }; readonly tags: readonly string[] };
+type MutableConfig = DeepWritable<Config>;
+// => { server: { host: string }; tags: string[] }
+```
+```
+*DeepWritable*
+```typescript
+```ts
+type Point = readonly [x: number, y: number];
+type MutablePoint = DeepWritable<Point>;
+// => [x: number, y: number]
+Note: `Date`, `Map`, `Set`, `Promise`, and `RegExp` are treated as opaque and passed
+through unchanged. In particular, `DeepWritable<Map<K, V>>` does **not** strip `readonly`
+from the value type `V` — use a manual mapped type if you need that.
+```
+```
+---
+### `isArray`
+Checks if a value is an array.
+```typescript
+import { isArray } from '@helpers4/type';
+isArray(value: unknown): value is unknown[]
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `value: unknown` — The value to check
+**Returns:** `value is unknown[]` — True if value is an array
+**Examples:**
+*isArray*
+```typescript
+```ts
+isArray([1, 2, 3]) // => true
+isArray('hello')   // => false
+isArray({})        // => false
+```
+```
+---
+### `isArrayBuffer`
+Checks if a value is an ArrayBuffer instance.
+Useful for filtering or type-narrowing in a functional pipeline:
+`values.filter(isArrayBuffer)`
+```typescript
+import { isArrayBuffer } from '@helpers4/type';
+isArrayBuffer(value: unknown): value is ArrayBuffer
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `value: unknown` — The value to check
+**Returns:** `value is ArrayBuffer` — True if value is an ArrayBuffer
+**Examples:**
+*Detect an ArrayBuffer*
+Returns true only for ArrayBuffer instances, not TypedArray views.
+```typescript
+isArrayBuffer(new ArrayBuffer(8)) // => true
+isArrayBuffer(new Uint8Array(8))  // => false
+isArrayBuffer('hello')            // => false
+```
+*Filter ArrayBuffers from a mixed array*
+Use as a predicate in .filter() to extract ArrayBuffer values.
+```typescript
+const values = [new ArrayBuffer(4), 'text', new ArrayBuffer(8), 42];
+values.filter(isArrayBuffer)
+// => [ArrayBuffer(4), ArrayBuffer(8)]
+```
+---
+### `isArrayLike`
+Checks if a value is array-like: has a non-negative integer `length` property.
+Returns `true` for arrays, strings, `arguments` objects, `NodeList`, typed
+arrays, and any object with a valid `length`. Functions are excluded even though
+they have a `length` (arity), as they are not considered array-like in practice.
+```typescript
+import { isArrayLike } from '@helpers4/type';
+isArrayLike(value: unknown): value is ArrayLike<unknown>
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `value: unknown` — The value to check
+**Returns:** `value is ArrayLike<unknown>` — `true` if value is array-like
+**Examples:**
+*Detect array-like values*
+Arrays, strings, and objects with a non-negative integer length are array-like.
+```typescript
+isArrayLike([1, 2, 3])       // => true
+isArrayLike('hello')         // => true
+isArrayLike({ length: 3 })   // => true
+isArrayLike({ length: -1 })  // => false
+isArrayLike(() => {})        // => false  (functions excluded)
+isArrayLike(null)            // => false
+```
+*Convert an array-like value to an array*
+Use as a guard before Array.from().
+```typescript
+function toArray(value: unknown): unknown[] {
+  if (isArrayLike(value)) return Array.from(value);
+  return [value];
+}
+toArray([1, 2])       // => [1, 2]
+toArray('abc')        // => ['a', 'b', 'c']
+toArray(42)           // => [42]
+```
+---
+### `isAsyncFunction`
+Checks if a value is an async function.
+Returns `true` for any function declared with `async`.
+```typescript
+import { isAsyncFunction } from '@helpers4/type';
+isAsyncFunction(value: unknown): value is function
+```
+**Parameters:**
-### `DeepWritable`
+- `value: unknown` — The value to check
-Recursively removes `readonly` from all properties of T, including nested
-objects, array elements, and tuple positions.
+**Returns:** `value is function` — True if value is an async function
 **Examples:**
-*DeepWritable*
-```typescript
-```ts
-type Config = { readonly server: { readonly host: string }; readonly tags: readonly string[] };
-type MutableConfig = DeepWritable<Config>;
-// => { server: { host: string }; tags: string[] }
-```
-```
-*DeepWritable*
+*isAsyncFunction*
 ```typescript
 ```ts
-type Point = readonly [x: number, y: number];
-type MutablePoint = DeepWritable<Point>;
-// => [x: number, y: number]
+isAsyncFunction(async () => {})      // => true
+isAsyncFunction(async function() {}) // => true
+isAsyncFunction(() => {})            // => false
+isAsyncFunction(42)                  // => false
 ```
 ```
 ---
-### `isArray`
+### `isAsyncGenerator`
-Checks if a value is an array.
+Checks if a value is an async generator object (the result of calling an `async function*`).
+Distinct from isAsyncGeneratorFunction: this predicate targets the
+*instance* produced by calling an async generator function, not the function itself.
 ```typescript
-import { isArray } from '@helpers4/type';
+import { isAsyncGenerator } from '@helpers4/type';
-isArray(value: unknown): value is unknown[]
+isAsyncGenerator(value: unknown): value is AsyncGenerator<unknown, unknown, unknown>
 ```
 **Parameters:**
 - `value: unknown` — The value to check
-**Returns:** `value is unknown[]` — True if value is an array
+**Returns:** `value is AsyncGenerator<unknown, unknown, unknown>` — `true` if value is an AsyncGenerator instance
 **Examples:**
-*isArray*
+*Detect an async generator instance*
+Returns true only for the object produced by calling an async function*.
 ```typescript
-```ts
-isArray([1, 2, 3]) // => true
-isArray('hello')   // => false
-isArray({})        // => false
+async function* gen() { yield 1; }
+isAsyncGenerator(gen())  // => true   (instance)
+isAsyncGenerator(gen)    // => false  (function)
+isAsyncGenerator([])     // => false
 ```
+*Distinguish async from sync generators*
+isAsyncGenerator is false for sync generator instances.
+```typescript
+function* sync() { yield 1; }
+async function* async_() { yield 1; }
+isAsyncGenerator(sync())   // => false
+isAsyncGenerator(async_()) // => true
 ```
 ---
-### `isArrayBuffer`
+### `isAsyncGeneratorFunction`
-Checks if a value is an ArrayBuffer instance.
+Checks if a value is an async generator function (an `async function*` declaration or expression).
-Useful for filtering or type-narrowing in a functional pipeline:
-`values.filter(isArrayBuffer)`
+Distinct from isAsyncGenerator: this predicate targets the *function* itself,
+not the async iterator it produces when called.
 ```typescript
-import { isArrayBuffer } from '@helpers4/type';
+import { isAsyncGeneratorFunction } from '@helpers4/type';
-isArrayBuffer(value: unknown): value is ArrayBuffer
+isAsyncGeneratorFunction(value: unknown): value is AsyncGeneratorFunction
 ```
 **Parameters:**
 - `value: unknown` — The value to check
-**Returns:** `value is ArrayBuffer` — True if value is an ArrayBuffer
+**Returns:** `value is AsyncGeneratorFunction` — `true` if value is an AsyncGeneratorFunction
 **Examples:**
-*Detect an ArrayBuffer*
+*Detect an async generator function*
-Returns true only for ArrayBuffer instances, not TypedArray views.
+Returns true for async function* declarations and expressions.
 ```typescript
-isArrayBuffer(new ArrayBuffer(8)) // => true
-isArrayBuffer(new Uint8Array(8))  // => false
-isArrayBuffer('hello')            // => false
+async function* gen() { yield 1; }
+isAsyncGeneratorFunction(gen)         // => true
+isAsyncGeneratorFunction(gen())       // => false  (instance)
+isAsyncGeneratorFunction(async () => {}) // => false
 ```
-*Filter ArrayBuffers from a mixed array*
+*Distinguish async generator functions from sync generator functions*
-Use as a predicate in .filter() to extract ArrayBuffer values.
+isAsyncGeneratorFunction is false for sync function*.
 ```typescript
-const values = [new ArrayBuffer(4), 'text', new ArrayBuffer(8), 42];
-values.filter(isArrayBuffer)
-// => [ArrayBuffer(4), ArrayBuffer(8)]
+function* sync() { yield 1; }
+async function* async_() { yield 1; }
+isAsyncGeneratorFunction(sync)   // => false
+isAsyncGeneratorFunction(async_) // => true
 ```
 ---
-### `isAsyncFunction`
+### `isAsyncIterable`
-Checks if a value is an async function.
+Checks if a value implements the async iterable protocol.
-Returns `true` for any function declared with `async`.
+Returns `true` for any object that has a `[Symbol.asyncIterator]()` method,
+including async generators. Note that regular iterables (arrays, strings, etc.)
+are **not** async iterables.
 ```typescript
-import { isAsyncFunction } from '@helpers4/type';
+import { isAsyncIterable } from '@helpers4/type';
-isAsyncFunction(value: unknown): value is function
+isAsyncIterable(value: unknown): value is AsyncIterable<unknown, any, any>
 ```
 **Parameters:**
 - `value: unknown` — The value to check
-**Returns:** `value is function` — True if value is an async function
+**Returns:** `value is AsyncIterable<unknown, any, any>` — `true` if value is async iterable
 **Examples:**
-*isAsyncFunction*
+*Detect an async generator*
+Async generators implement the async iterable protocol.
 ```typescript
-```ts
-isAsyncFunction(async () => {})      // => true
-isAsyncFunction(async function() {}) // => true
-isAsyncFunction(() => {})            // => false
-isAsyncFunction(42)                  // => false
+async function* stream() { yield 1; yield 2; }
+isAsyncIterable(stream())   // => true
+isAsyncIterable([1, 2, 3])  // => false  (Iterable, not AsyncIterable)
+isAsyncIterable('hello')    // => false
 ```
+*Guard before for-await-of*
+Use to type-narrow before consuming a value with for-await-of.
+```typescript
+async function consume(source: unknown) {
+  if (isAsyncIterable(source)) {
+    for await (const item of source) {
+      console.log(item);
+    }
+  }
+}
 ```
 ---
@@ -7145,7 +8359,7 @@ isBoolean(1)     // => false
 Checks if a value is a Date instance.
 Note: this only checks the type, not whether the Date is valid.
-Use isValidDate to also validate that the Date is not `Invalid Date`.
+Use `date/isValid` to also validate that the Date is not `Invalid Date`.
 ```typescript
 import { isDate } from '@helpers4/type';
@@ -7407,163 +8621,158 @@ isFunction('function')     // => false
 ---
-### `isIterable`
+### `isGenerator`
-Checks if a value is iterable (has a `Symbol.iterator` method).
+Checks if a value is a generator object (the result of calling a `function*`).
-Returns `true` for strings, arrays, Maps, Sets, generators, and any object
-implementing the iterable protocol.
+Distinct from isGeneratorFunction: this predicate targets the
+*instance* produced by calling a generator function, not the function itself.
 ```typescript
-import { isIterable } from '@helpers4/type';
+import { isGenerator } from '@helpers4/type';
-isIterable(value: unknown): value is Iterable<unknown, any, any>
+isGenerator(value: unknown): value is Generator<unknown, unknown, unknown>
 ```
 **Parameters:**
 - `value: unknown` — The value to check
-**Returns:** `value is Iterable<unknown, any, any>` — True if value is iterable
+**Returns:** `value is Generator<unknown, unknown, unknown>` — `true` if value is a Generator instance
 **Examples:**
-*isIterable*
-```typescript
-```ts
-isIterable([1, 2, 3])      // => true
-isIterable('hello')        // => true
-isIterable(new Map())      // => true
-isIterable(new Set())      // => true
-isIterable({})             // => false
-isIterable(42)             // => false
-```
-```
----
-### `isMap`
+*Distinguish a generator instance from its function*
-Checks if a value is a Map instance.
+isGenerator targets the object returned by calling a function*, not the function itself.
 ```typescript
-import { isMap } from '@helpers4/type';
-isMap(value: unknown): value is Map<unknown, unknown>
+function* counter() { yield 1; yield 2; }
+isGenerator(counter())  // => true   (instance)
+isGenerator(counter)    // => false  (function)
+isGenerator([1, 2])     // => false
 ```
-**Parameters:**
-- `value: unknown` — The value to check
-**Returns:** `value is Map<unknown, unknown>` — True if value is a Map
-**Examples:**
+*Type-narrow to safely call .next()*
-*isMap*
+Narrows the type to Generator so you can call .next() and .return().
 ```typescript
-```ts
-isMap(new Map())           // => true
-isMap(new Map([['a', 1]])) // => true
-isMap({})                  // => false
-```
+function* gen() { yield 1; yield 2; }
+const value: unknown = gen();
+if (isGenerator(value)) {
+  const { value: v, done } = value.next();
+  // v: unknown, done: boolean | undefined
+}
 ```
 ---
-### `isNegativeNumber`
+### `isGeneratorFunction`
-Checks if a value is a number less than 0.
+Checks if a value is a generator function (a `function*` declaration or expression).
-Returns `false` for `NaN`, `0`, positive numbers, and non-number types.
+Distinct from isGenerator: this predicate targets the *function* itself,
+not the iterator it produces when called.
 ```typescript
-import { isNegativeNumber } from '@helpers4/type';
+import { isGeneratorFunction } from '@helpers4/type';
-isNegativeNumber(value: unknown): value is number
+isGeneratorFunction(value: unknown): value is GeneratorFunction
 ```
 **Parameters:**
 - `value: unknown` — The value to check
-**Returns:** `value is number` — True if value is a negative number
+**Returns:** `value is GeneratorFunction` — `true` if value is a GeneratorFunction
 **Examples:**
-*isNegativeNumber*
+*Detect a generator function*
+Returns true for function* declarations and expressions.
 ```typescript
-```ts
-isNegativeNumber(-1)   // => true
-isNegativeNumber(-0.5) // => true
-isNegativeNumber(0)    // => false
-isNegativeNumber(1)    // => false
-isNegativeNumber(NaN)  // => false
+function* gen() { yield 1; }
+isGeneratorFunction(gen)      // => true
+isGeneratorFunction(gen())    // => false  (instance, not function)
+isGeneratorFunction(() => {}) // => false
 ```
+*Filter generator factories from a mixed array*
+Use as a predicate to select only generator functions.
+```typescript
+const fns = [() => {}, function* () { yield 1; }, async () => {}];
+fns.filter(isGeneratorFunction)
+// => [function* () { yield 1; }]
 ```
 ---
-### `isNonEmptyArray`
+### `isIterable`
+Checks if a value is iterable (has a `Symbol.iterator` method).
-Checks if a value is a non-empty array (length > 0).
+Returns `true` for strings, arrays, Maps, Sets, generators, and any object
+implementing the iterable protocol.
 ```typescript
-import { isNonEmptyArray } from '@helpers4/type';
+import { isIterable } from '@helpers4/type';
-isNonEmptyArray(value: unknown): value is [unknown, rest]
+isIterable(value: unknown): value is Iterable<unknown, any, any>
 ```
 **Parameters:**
 - `value: unknown` — The value to check
-**Returns:** `value is [unknown, rest]` — True if value is an array with at least one element
+**Returns:** `value is Iterable<unknown, any, any>` — True if value is iterable
 **Examples:**
-*isNonEmptyArray*
+*isIterable*
 ```typescript
 ```ts
-isNonEmptyArray([1, 2]) // => true
-isNonEmptyArray([])     // => false
-isNonEmptyArray('abc')  // => false
-isNonEmptyArray(null)   // => false
+isIterable([1, 2, 3])      // => true
+isIterable('hello')        // => true
+isIterable(new Map())      // => true
+isIterable(new Set())      // => true
+isIterable({})             // => false
+isIterable(42)             // => false
 ```
 ```
 ---
-### `isNonEmptyString`
+### `isMap`
-Checks if a value is a non-empty string (length > 0).
+Checks if a value is a Map instance.
 ```typescript
-import { isNonEmptyString } from '@helpers4/type';
+import { isMap } from '@helpers4/type';
-isNonEmptyString(value: unknown): value is string
+isMap(value: unknown): value is Map<unknown, unknown>
 ```
 **Parameters:**
 - `value: unknown` — The value to check
-**Returns:** `value is string` — True if value is a string with at least one character
+**Returns:** `value is Map<unknown, unknown>` — True if value is a Map
 **Examples:**
-*isNonEmptyString*
+*isMap*
 ```typescript
 ```ts
-isNonEmptyString('hello') // => true
-isNonEmptyString('')      // => false
-isNonEmptyString(42)      // => false
-isNonEmptyString(null)    // => false
+isMap(new Map())           // => true
+isMap(new Map([['a', 1]])) // => true
+isMap({})                  // => false
 ```
 ```
@@ -7711,40 +8920,6 @@ isPlainObject(null)        // => false
 ---
-### `isPositiveNumber`
-Checks if a value is a number greater than 0.
-Returns `false` for `NaN`, `0`, negative numbers, and non-number types.
-```typescript
-import { isPositiveNumber } from '@helpers4/type';
-isPositiveNumber(value: unknown): value is number
-```
-**Parameters:**
-- `value: unknown` — The value to check
-**Returns:** `value is number` — True if value is a positive number
-**Examples:**
-*isPositiveNumber*
-```typescript
-```ts
-isPositiveNumber(42)   // => true
-isPositiveNumber(0.1)  // => true
-isPositiveNumber(0)    // => false
-isPositiveNumber(-1)   // => false
-isPositiveNumber(NaN)  // => false
-```
-```
----
 ### `isPrimitive`
 Checks if a value is a JavaScript primitive.
@@ -7813,6 +8988,98 @@ isPromise(42)                      // => false
 ---
+### `isPromiseLike`
+Checks if a value is a thenable (has a `.then()` method).
+Looser than isPromise: accepts any object or function with a `then`
+method, including non-standard Promise implementations without `.catch()`.
+Follows the Promise/A+ specification for thenables.
+```typescript
+import { isPromiseLike } from '@helpers4/type';
+isPromiseLike(value: unknown): value is PromiseLike<unknown>
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `value: unknown` — The value to check
+**Returns:** `value is PromiseLike<unknown>` — `true` if value is a PromiseLike (thenable)
+**Examples:**
+*Detect any thenable*
+Returns true for native Promises and any object with a .then() method.
+```typescript
+isPromiseLike(Promise.resolve(1))    // => true
+isPromiseLike({ then: () => {} })    // => true   (thenable)
+isPromiseLike(42)                    // => false
+isPromiseLike(null)                  // => false
+isPromiseLike({ then: 'not-a-fn' }) // => false
+```
+*Handle both Promises and thenables in a utility*
+Use isPromiseLike to accept any thenable, not just native Promises.
+```typescript
+function toPromise<T>(value: T | PromiseLike<T>): Promise<T> {
+  if (isPromiseLike(value)) return Promise.resolve(value);
+  return Promise.resolve(value);
+}
+```
+---
+### `isPropertyKey`
+Checks if a value is a valid property key: `string`, `number`, or `symbol`.
+```typescript
+import { isPropertyKey } from '@helpers4/type';
+isPropertyKey(value: unknown): value is PropertyKey
+```
+**Parameters:**
+- `value: unknown` — The value to check
+**Returns:** `value is PropertyKey` — `true` if value can be used as an object property key
+**Examples:**
+*Detect valid property keys*
+Strings, numbers, and symbols are valid property keys.
+```typescript
+isPropertyKey('name')        // => true
+isPropertyKey(42)            // => true
+isPropertyKey(Symbol('id'))  // => true
+isPropertyKey(null)          // => false
+isPropertyKey(true)          // => false
+```
+*Safe dynamic property access*
+Use as a guard before indexing an object with an unknown key.
+```typescript
+function get(obj: Record<PropertyKey, unknown>, key: unknown): unknown {
+  if (isPropertyKey(key)) return obj[key];
+  return undefined;
+}
+get({ a: 1 }, 'a')    // => 1
+get({ a: 1 }, null)   // => undefined
+```
+---
 ### `isRegExp`
 Checks if a value is a RegExp instance.
@@ -8254,38 +9521,6 @@ isUndefined(0)         // => false
 ---
-### `isValidDate`
-Checks if a value is a valid Date instance (not `Invalid Date`).
-Unlike isDate, this also verifies that the internal timestamp is not `NaN`.
-```typescript
-import { isValidDate } from '@helpers4/type';
-isValidDate(value: unknown): value is Date
-```
-**Parameters:**
-- `value: unknown` — The value to check
-**Returns:** `value is Date` — True if value is a Date instance with a valid time value
-**Examples:**
-*isValidDate*
-```typescript
-```ts
-isValidDate(new Date())          // => true
-isValidDate(new Date('invalid')) // => false
-isValidDate('2023-01-01')       // => false (not a Date instance)
-```
-```
----
 ### `isValidRegex`
 Checks if a string is a valid regex pattern.