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Javascript === vs == : Does it matter which “equal” operator I use?
Looking into the answer of Chris Brandsma in Advanced JavaScript Interview Questions what is === in Javascript.
If possible please provide a simple example
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7Duplicate of [Javascript === vs == : Does it matter which "equal" operator I use?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/359494/javascript-vs-does-it-matter-which-equal-operator-i-use) – James McNellis Aug 24 '10 at 04:19
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visit this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/523643/difference-between-and-in-javascript, it is somehow related to your question... – Manie Aug 24 '10 at 04:19
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You can always check the latest official standard for EcmaScript, [ECMA-262, 5th Edition](http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/ECMA-262.pdf). EcmaScript is the basic language of what is commercialized as JavaScript (browsers), ActionScript (Adobe Flash), etc. – JanC Aug 24 '10 at 04:26
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=== is the strict equal operator. It only returns a Boolean True if both the operands are equal and of the same type. If a is 2, and b is 4,
a === 2 (True)
b === 4 (True)
a === '2' (False)
vs True for all of the following,
a == 2
a == "2"
2 == '2'
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=== is 'strict equal operator'. It returns true if both the operands are equal AND are of same type.
a = 2
b = '2'
a == b //returns True
a === b //returns False
Take a look at this tutorial.
