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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops `do ... while` Loops

Furkan Demirtürk
Furkan Demirtürk
7,940 Points
Posted by Furkan Demirtürk
Furkan Demirtürk
7,940 Points

in if conditions teacher wrote parseInt(guess) === randomNumber but we used == to check integers? Am ı wrong?

in if conditions teacher wrote parseInt(guess) === randomNumber but we used == to check integers? Am ı wrong?

Dan Otieno
Dan Otieno
23,495 Points

== does a type conversion and the === does not.

parseInt("0") === 0 true, parseInt("2") === 2 true, "2" === 2 false, 2 === 2 true, "2" == 2 true

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

These both check for equal value, but the triple one ("===") also checks for the same type.

So. for examples:

if (42 == "42")  console.log("Numbers match strings with ==");
if (42 === "42") console.log("This message will not appear");