Why do we use === instead of ==?

[Hetal Patel]

#52137

Why do we use === instead of ==?

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[Nitesh User Do not delete]

#52140

If you would want to check for a certain type, like an integer or boolean, the === will do that specifically like one would assume from a strongly typed language, while == would convert the data tentatively and try to match both operand’s types.

The identity operator (===) also performs better as a result of not having to deal with type conversion.
Especially when checking variables for true/false, one should avoid practicing == as this would also take into account 0/1 or other similar representation.

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Nitesh Bavishiya

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