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Discussion on: How to compare two arrays in javascript?

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stereobooster

Why do sort though? Those are not the same arrays [1, 2], [2, 1].

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joshinat0r

Semantics, [1, 2] and [2, 1] have the same entries but aren't the same arrays.
You're right, if you wanted to know if they have the same entries in the same order you wouldn't sort them.

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stereobooster

JSON.stringify([undefined]) === JSON.stringify([null])

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joshinat0r

It's just creating two JSON strings and compares them, all of JSONs limitations (not only undefined or null but also Infinite, NaN, functions, symbols and such) apply. Shouldn't have to mention it as should be fairly obvious.