TS2749

error TS2749: ‘paramNames‘ refers to a value, but is being used as a type here. Did you mean ‘typeof paramNames‘?

Broken Code ❌

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const paramNames = ['age', 'name'];

const person: {
  [param in paramNames]: string
} = {
  age: '34',
  name: 'Benny'
};

Fixed Code ✔️

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type paramNames = 'age' | 'name';

const person: {
  [param in paramNames]: string
} = {
  age: '34',
  name: 'Benny'
};