Question
What is the difference between triple equals, ===, and double equals, ==, in JavaScript?
Answer
While these are both comparison equality operators, the triple equals, ===, is what’s called a strict equality operator while the double equals is an equality operator.
The strict equality operator will compare both the value and type of the operands (the values on the left/right sides of the operator). If the value is the same but the type is not, the equality will evaluate to false.
For example:
```4 === “4” //will evaluate to `false` as the left operand is of type number while right operand is of type string`
However, the following code block which uses the equality operator instead will evaluate to true. This is because the operands of the equality operator will be converted to the same type (if they are not already) before the values of the operands are compared.
4 == "4" //will evaluate to `true`