TypeScript: how to extract the generic parameter from a type?

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You can use infer:

type TypeWithGeneric<T> = T[]
type extractGeneric<Type> = Type extends TypeWithGeneric<infer X> ? X : never

type extracted = extractGeneric<TypeWithGeneric<number>>
// extracted === number

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