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JavaScript Comparison and Logical Operators

Comparison and logical operators in JavaScript are used to test for true or false values and determine equality or difference between variables. Comparison operators like ==, ===, !=, >, <, >= and <= are used to check equality, inequality and magnitude between values. Logical operators like &&, || and ! are used to combine multiple conditions. Conditional operators like the ternary operator ?: can assign values to variables based on conditions. Care must be taken when comparing values of different data types.

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JavaScript Comparison and Logical Operators

Comparison and logical operators in JavaScript are used to test for true or false values and determine equality or difference between variables. Comparison operators like ==, ===, !=, >, <, >= and <= are used to check equality, inequality and magnitude between values. Logical operators like &&, || and ! are used to combine multiple conditions. Conditional operators like the ternary operator ?: can assign values to variables based on conditions. Care must be taken when comparing values of different data types.

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Comparison and Logical operators are used to test for true or false .

Comparison Operators
Comparison operators are used in logical statements to determine equality or difference
between variables or values.

Given that x = 5 , the table below explains the comparison operators:

Operator Description Comparing Returns Try it

== equal to x == 8 false
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x == 5 true
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x == "5" true
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=== equal value and equal type x === 5 true


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x === "5" false


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!= not equal x != 8 true


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!== not equal value or not equal type x !== 5 false


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x !== "5" true


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x !== 8 true
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> greater than x>8 false


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< less than x<8 true


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>= greater than or equal to x >= 8 false


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<= less than or equal to x <= 8 true


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How Can it be Used


Comparison operators can be used in conditional statements to compare values and take
action depending on the result:

if (age < 18) text = "Too young to buy alcohol";

You will learn more about the use of conditional statements in the next chapter of this
tutorial.

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Logical Operators
Logical operators are used to determine the logic between variables or values.

Given that x = 6 and y = 3 , the table below explains the logical operators:

Operator Description Example Try it

&& and (x < 10 && y > 1) is true


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|| or (x == 5 || y == 5) is false
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! not !(x == y) is true


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Conditional (Ternary) Operator


JavaScript also contains a conditional operator that assigns a value to a variable based
on some condition.

Syntax

variablename = (condition) ? value1:value2

Example

var voteable = (age < 18) ? "Too young":"Old enough";

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If the variable age is a value below 18, the value of the variable voteable will be "Too
young", otherwise the value of voteable will be "Old enough".

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Comparing data of different types may give unexpected results.

When comparing a string with a number, JavaScript will convert the string to a number
when doing the comparison. An empty string converts to 0. A non-numeric string
converts to NaN which is always false .

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2 < 12 true
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2 < "12" true


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2 < "John" false


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2 > "John" false


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2 == "John" false
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"2" < "12" false


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"2" > "12" true


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"2" == "12" false


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When comparing two strings, "2" will be greater than "12", because (alphabetically) 1 is
less than 2.

To secure a proper result, variables should be converted to the proper type before
comparison:

age = Number(age);
if (isNaN(age)) {
voteable = "Input is not a number";
} else {

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