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I still don't understand the
===operatorEdit: I think a more type strict
==? Pretty sure I understand the point of typescript now.The other comments explains it in pretty good detail, but when I was learning my teacher explained it sort of like a mnemonic.
1 + 1 = 2 is read "one plus one equals two"
1 + 1 == 2 is read "one plus one is equal to two"
1 + 1 === 2 is read "one plus one is really equal to two"
And you hit the nail on the head, is that === is type explicit while == is implicit.
I'd use something like:
= becomes
== equals
=== is identical to
It's funny how everyone thinks "equals" in this context should be "identical to" when, in normal language, it doesn't really mean that at all!