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Re: Difference between == and ===?

From Jason Kim <iamjsonkim@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: Difference between == and ===?
Date 2012-05-29 08:08 -0700
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On Tuesday, 29 May 2012 08:13:10 UTC-4, Thomas &#39;PointedEars&#39; Lahn  wrote:
> Gregor Kofler wrote:
> 
> > Am 2012-05-29 06:46, schrieb Jason Kim:
> >> On Monday, 28 May 2012 23:19:04 UTC-4, Jason Kim  wrote:
> >>> How are they different and how are they used?
> >>
> >> I just found out that there is no == in javascript.
> 
> There is no "javascript": <http://PointedEars.de/es-matrix>
> 
> >> There is only ===
> > 
> > Bullshit. Read about the difference here:
> > 
> > <http://oreilly.com/javascript/excerpts/javascript-good-parts/bad-
> parts.html>
> 
> Better read there: <http://jibbering.com/faq/#onlineResources>
> 
> 
> PointedEars
> -- 
> Anyone who slaps a 'this page is best viewed with Browser X' label on
> a Web page appears to be yearning for the bad old days, before the Web,
> when you had very little chance of reading a document written on another
> computer, another word processor, or another network. -- Tim Berners-Lee

Thank you, but unlike what the author claims, bringing up ECMAScript probably confuses people even further, since there's the need to explain the history of how javascript came to be and all the browser implement it etc..

Anyways, according to the website, == seems to be deprecated at least in Firefox, while other browsers support it.

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Difference between == and ===? Jason Kim <iamjsonkim@gmail.com> - 2012-05-28 20:19 -0700
  Re: Difference between == and ===? Jason Kim <iamjsonkim@gmail.com> - 2012-05-28 21:46 -0700
    Re: Difference between == and ===? "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-05-29 08:20 +0300
      Re: Difference between == and ===? Jason Kim <iamjsonkim@gmail.com> - 2012-05-29 07:56 -0700
        Re: Difference between == and ===? "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-05-29 19:15 +0300
          Re: Difference between == and ===? Jason Kim <iamjsonkim@gmail.com> - 2012-05-29 10:35 -0700
            Re: Difference between == and ===? "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-05-29 21:52 +0300
            Re: Difference between == and ===? Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2012-05-29 21:34 +0200
            Re: Difference between == and ===? Dr J R Stockton <reply1222@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-05-30 19:53 +0100
              Re: Difference between == and ===? Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-05-31 04:52 -0700
                Re: Difference between == and ===? Dr J R Stockton <reply1222@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-06-01 21:41 +0100
    Re: Difference between == and ===? Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2012-05-29 09:34 +0200
      Re: Difference between == and ===? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-05-29 14:13 +0200
        Re: Difference between == and ===? Jason Kim <iamjsonkim@gmail.com> - 2012-05-29 08:08 -0700
          Re: Difference between == and ===? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-05-29 17:32 +0200
            Re: Difference between == and ===? Jason Kim <iamjsonkim@gmail.com> - 2012-05-29 08:50 -0700
          Re: Difference between == and ===? "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-05-29 16:26 +0000
            Re: Difference between == and ===? Jason Kim <iamjsonkim@gmail.com> - 2012-05-29 10:36 -0700
              Re: Difference between == and ===? Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-05-29 10:52 -0700
              Re: Difference between == and ===? "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-05-29 21:50 +0000
                Re: Difference between == and ===? "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-05-30 07:46 +0300
                Re: Difference between == and ===? "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-05-30 07:48 +0000
                Re: Difference between == and ===? "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-05-30 11:08 +0300
                Re: Difference between == and ===? "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-05-30 14:36 +0000
                Re: Difference between == and ===? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-05-30 15:26 +0100
                Re: Difference between == and ===? "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-05-30 20:17 +0300
                Re: Difference between == and ===? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-06-01 14:54 +0100
                Re: Difference between == and ===? Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-01 13:09 -0700
                Re: Difference between == and ===? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-06-01 13:49 -0700
                Re: Difference between == and ===? Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-01 14:21 -0700
                Re: Difference between == and ===? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-06-03 11:41 +0100
                Re: Difference between == and ===? Dr J R Stockton <reply1223@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-06-04 20:02 +0100
                Re: Difference between == and ===? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-05 10:06 -0500
                Re: Difference between == and ===? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-06-05 18:12 +0000
                Re: Difference between == and ===? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-05 21:23 -0500
                Re: Difference between == and ===? Norman Peelman <npeelmandog@cfl.rr.com> - 2012-06-05 23:16 -0400
                Re: Difference between == and ===? "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-06-06 07:55 +0300
                Re: Difference between == and ===? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-06-06 08:27 +0200
                Re: Difference between == and ===? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-06-06 21:22 +0200
                Re: Difference between == and ===? Dr J R Stockton <reply1223@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-06-06 18:56 +0100
                Re: Difference between == and ===? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-06-07 07:12 +0000
                Re: Difference between == and ===? Dr J R Stockton <reply1223@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-06-08 20:11 +0100
                Re: Difference between == and ===? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-06-09 14:22 +0000
                Re: Difference between == and ===? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-06-06 08:28 +0200
                Re: Difference between == and ===? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-06-06 09:51 +0000
                Re: Difference between == and ===? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-06-06 21:22 +0200
                Re: Difference between == and ===? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-06-06 08:35 -0500
                Re: Difference between == and ===? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-06-06 21:19 +0200
                Re: Difference between == and ===? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-05-30 15:07 +0100
  Re: Difference between == and ===? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-05-30 15:44 +0100
  Re: Difference between == and ===? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-06-01 10:05 +0200
    Re: Difference between == and ===? Ross McKay <au.org.zeta.at.rosko@invalid.invalid> - 2012-06-01 20:05 +1000
    Re: Difference between == and ===? "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-06-01 15:56 +0000

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