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submitted 9 months ago by JPDev to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Like == but more strict. The == operator will do type conversion, so 0 == '' will actually be true, as an example. Sometimes (honestly, most times) you may want to compare more strictly.

See this StackOverflow answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/359494/which-equals-operator-vs-should-be-used-in-javascript-comparisons