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"Unveiling JavaScript's Puzzling Quirk: The Object Identity of Null"

BIKI DAS on June 15, 2023

In the realm of frontend interviews, the question of typeof(Object) has left many developers scratching their heads. We've all experienced the puzz...
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Tracy Gilmore • • Edited

Hi Biki,

Is null the only falsy Object?

console.log(!!null); // false

console.log(typeof null); // object 

console.log(!!{}); // true

const isNull = subject => typeof subject === 'object' && !subject;

const isObject = subejct =>  typeof subject === 'object' && !!subject;
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