JS Operators
Posted on 2021-04-28
Some less used JS operators
Tilde Operator (~) - Bitwise Not operator
if (str.indexOf("abc")!==-1) {
//....
}
//BECOMES
if (~str.indexOf("abc")) {
//....
}
Double Tilde Operator (~~)
Converting strings to numbers using the tilde twice for positive numbers
console.log(~~"9") //9
Double Bang Operator (!!)
Convert a value into boolean
!!"abc" // Evaluates to true.
!!null // Evaluates to false.
!!"" // Evaluates to false.
//empty array/ object has a truthy value.
//empty string has a falsy value.
Truthy:
object, array, string, numbers other than 0, date (e.g. new Date())
Falsy:
Empty string (""), 0, null, undefined, NaN
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