# isExpressionLike

# Function: isExpressionLike()

```ts
function isExpressionLike(value): boolean;
```

Defined in: [packages/db/src/query/ir.ts:159](https://github.com/TanStack/db/blob/main/packages/db/src/query/ir.ts#L159)

Runtime helper to detect IR expression-like objects.
Prefer this over ad-hoc local implementations to keep behavior consistent.

## Parameters

### value

`any`

## Returns

`boolean`