Explain the keyof and typeof type operators.
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What do keyof and typeof do in TypeScript?
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keyof T produces a union of T's property names. The type-level typeof captures the type of a runtime value/object. Together they enable safe key access: function get<T, K extends keyof T>(o: T, k: K): T[K].
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