Did you know === also coerces type in JavaScript?

However, unlike ==, === will always return false if the types differ.

That == and === both perform type coercion under the hood in JavaScript is such a fun fact!

Thanks for stopping by and sharing your knowledge with us Clyde Grey!!!

I have written previous about the difference between loose equality and strict equality in JavaScript, but I never realized that === includes a type coercion as well.

It’s right there in the ECMAScript Specification:

11.9.6 The Strict Equality Comparison Algorithm

The comparison x === y, where x and y are values, produces true or false. Such a comparison is performed as follows:

If Type(x) is different from Type(y), return false.

Indeed there is a type comparison with ===, and if the types differ the result is always false.

But I had never really thought about it that way!

Of course, it’s just a bit of trivia, and the idea can be a bit confusing for those new to JavaScript, since == compares values after type coercion but === will never return true for values of different types.

Thanks again for sharing!

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