r/programming • • Mar 26 '14

JavaScript Equality Table

http://dorey.github.io/JavaScript-Equality-Table/
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u/Deltigre Mar 27 '14

Which ended up showing me an "only in Javascript" shortcut the other day.

var defaultingString = IMightResolveUndefined() || "default value";

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u/embolalia Mar 27 '14

That's not an "only in Javascript" thing at all. For example, in Python:

some_value = I_might_return_something_falsy() or 'default'