Using the Equality and Identity Operators - Javascript Language Basics

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Introduction

The equality operators attempt to coerce operands to the same type in order to assess equality.

The following code shows the equality operator in action.

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<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Example</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <script type="text/javascript">

           var firstVal = 5;//from   w  w  w .  j  a v a  2s . c om
           var secondVal = "5";

            if (firstVal == secondVal) {
                document.writeln("They are the same");
            } else {
                document.writeln("They are NOT the same");
            }
        </script>
    </body>
</html>

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