It isn't a shorthand, it is part of how the language works. An 'if' statement expects a boolean, so it will coerce whatever you give it to a boolean - no need to do the conversion yourself
Exactly Jon! I remember being told auto coercion is this scary beast. But then if you understand it, you can make the beast work for you 😊. It's just another thing JavaScript tries to help. And if you know what it's trying to do, why not let it 😉
Yes, after thinking about it, I realized that you’re coercing to Boolean and negating, then undoing negation. My “shorthand” remark was meant in the sense of fewer characters to type.
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Well that’s neat! I didn’t realize that an expression shorthand existed for conversion to Boolean. Thanks for posting!
It isn't a shorthand, it is part of how the language works. An 'if' statement expects a boolean, so it will coerce whatever you give it to a boolean - no need to do the conversion yourself
Exactly Jon! I remember being told auto coercion is this scary beast. But then if you understand it, you can make the beast work for you 😊. It's just another thing JavaScript tries to help. And if you know what it's trying to do, why not let it 😉
Yes, after thinking about it, I realized that you’re coercing to Boolean and negating, then undoing negation. My “shorthand” remark was meant in the sense of fewer characters to type.