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Subject: Re: syncWXremix and Dial-up Date: Sun Jan 10 2016 03:06 pm
From: KenDB3 To: Digital Man

 >  >  > This makes it through the function by grabbing the correct fallback
 >  >  > lookup.

 >  >  > Triple Equals works... At some point I tried Double Equals instead
 >  >  > (stil works). Should I stick with Triple? I read up on the difference,
 >  >  > but not sure if one might be better than the other in this particular
 >  >  > case.

 >  > Isn't the "=== true" redundant?  Saying "if (dialup)" should be enough,
 >  > and it's just as clear as saying "if (dialup === true)", since that has
 >  > the same meaning.

 > Usually, and in the case of this particular script, if(dialup) and if(dialup
 > == true) and if(dialup === true) are all functionally equivalent.

 > However, technically if(dialup) is the equivalent of: if(dialup != false),
 > because if dialup = 2, let's say, then if(dialup == true) or if(dialup ===
 > true) would not execute the if-block while if(dialup) would still execute
 > the if-block. if(Boolean(dialup) == true) is the equivalent of if(dialup).
 > :-)

 >                                             digital man

Really great and helpful explanation. +1 ;-)

~KenDB3

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