Appropriate usage of == and === in JavaScript [duplicate] - javascript

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I'm new to Java Script
What is the exact difference between (== Vs ===, != Vs !==, etc) in JavaScript?
Have read some articles and wanted to be more clear on this.
Thanks in advance.

The == operator means equality after type conversion
1 == '1'; // true
1 == 1; // true
The === operator means equality without any conversion
1 === '1'; // false
1 === 1; // true

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Triple equal signs return false for arrays in javascript. why?
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Console logging this.byPassViewState returns ["01"]
if i do this.byPassViewState === ['01'] it returns false
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You cannot compare 2 array with just using == or === operators.
The easiest way to compare array is using JSON.stringify().
let byPassViewState = ["01"];
let compare = (JSON.stringify(byPassViewState) == JSON.stringify(["01"]) );
console.log(compare);
Please Reference : How to compare arrays in JavaScript?

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console.log(undefined !== null);//true
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I can't undestand why undefined !==null,but i know undefined == null,because The language specification explicitly says:
If x is null and y is undefined, return true
You're using strict equality for the first comparison and non-strict for the latter. You'll find that undefined === null is false as expected.

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function is_string(s) { return typeof s === 'string'; }
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Is there any reason for that === operator instead of ==?
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Which of the following lines is correct?...
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if (typeof value === 'boolean') { return value; }
I thought the double equal sign was a type of "soft compare" so the value variable could either be a string or formal type. Is this not so? I wonder because JSHint complained about the first version. I've changed it but now I'm worried that typeof won't return a string.
== is a soft compare, but typeof always returns a string.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/typeof

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I am using java script to compare values
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The difference between == and === is that the first one (double equals) does type coercion, which can lead to goofy results:
0 == false
true
0 === false
false
It is usually recommended to use === as that will provide more predictable results and evaluate the true types of the values you're comparing.

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