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What is the difference, in JavaScript, between =, == and === ?

26th Feb 2016, 2:29 PM
Damar S Briggs
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= for assigning a value to a variable like var age = 20; == for comparing two variables whether they are of equal type === for comparing two variables whether they are strictly equal sample code: var age1= 20; //age1 is just a variable not object var age2 = new number(20); /* age2 is an object here as we used number constructor function using the keyword new */ alert(age1 == age2); // true alert(age1 === age2); //false hope this helps you
11th Jun 2016, 3:21 PM
Sumanth Reddy
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From what I've learned so far, I've only seen = and ===. = is used when you're using a variable to represent something, like a function, a string, etc (var firstName = Bob). === is used for comparing two data, like 3 === 3 (3 is equal to 3). I hope this helps.
18th Apr 2016, 10:42 PM
Daryll Martinez
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example for == var a = "42"; // string var b = 42; // number if(a == b) // true in case of == the comparison is made between two values after the necessary conversion of values of either side from one data type to another. like in the above example ist a is converted into NUMBER from STRING data type and then the comparison occurs and result is true. but if we have used ===. operator then the result would have been false because this operator won't let convert the values of either side their data type. if(a===b) // false
2nd Jul 2016, 6:25 PM
Ankit Ak Singh Kharb
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