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Replies for: // Noobs: let num = 15; let s = num.toString(); // number to string let n = Number(s); // string to number // Pro: let num = 15; let s = num + ...

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Aral Roca •

Same for

if(a!=123) // before // NOOBS

if(a^123) // after // PRO
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a^123 is not very clean IMO. Maybe a better one will be if(a !== 123)

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Joan León •

IMHO

if(a!=123) // before // NOOBS

if(a!==123) // after // PRO
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Miguel Ruiz •

Also we should think this is something that someone who comes from another Programming Language won't understand easily, just for saving 1 character

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Aral Roca • • Edited

And it's not correct for decimal numbers.

Boolean(122^123) // true
Boolean(123.1^123) // false -> is not correct, should be true 123.1 !== 123
Boolean(123^123) // false
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Much better to use the !== operator.