Equals (==) vs Strict Equals (===) in JavaScript

You might have noticed that equal comparisons can be written two different ways: equals (==) and strict equals (===).

So what’s the difference?

Strict equals checks if the two items are the same type. Regular equals does not. For example…

// returns true
(42 == '42')

// returns false
(42 === '42')

If you don’t want to check type (for example, if the user could pass in a string or a number and that’s ok) use equals. Otherwise, default to strict equals.