What will be the result of the following code: class Animal { constructor(name) { this.name = name; } printName() { console.log(this.name); } } console.log(typeof Animal);?

The result of the code is that it returns "function." In JavaScript, classes are syntactical sugar over the existing prototype-based inheritance. When a class is defined using the class keyword, it is essentially a function. This means that when you use the typeof operator on a class, it checks the type of the underlying function that represents that class.

In this case, Animal is a class, and the typeof Animal expression evaluates to "function" because classes in JavaScript are indeed a special kind of function. This is a fundamental aspect of how classes work in JavaScript, highlighting the language's functional nature while providing a more structured way to create objects and manage inheritance.

As for the other options, while "object" might seem plausible because instances of classes are objects and "class" might appear to be a valid type descriptor, the type of the class itself is fundamentally a function. "Undefined" is irrelevant here, as the class definition ensures that we have a valid type from the moment the class is declared.