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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Numbers The Math Object

Posted by fakeyadayada
fakeyadayada
3,159 Points

Quiz says 10 == "10" is false. When I run that in the console, it's true.

The lesson taught us that 10 == "10" should evaluate to True and that 10 === "10" should evaluate to false, due to the differing value types.

Running this in the console confirms this.

I got the question wrong in the quiz when it asked does 10 == "10"? and I answered, "True".

Not a big deal, but that quiz question contradicts the lesson.

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

I can tag the staff on this but can you see if you get that question again? A screenshot might help.

Raymond LeDuc
Raymond LeDuc
2,499 Points
Raymond LeDuc
Raymond LeDuc
2,499 Points

I believe it was 10 === "ten"

3 Answers

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Lukas,

I tried going through the quiz several times to see if that question came up but all the questions were the same, just in a different order.

The closest I found was: 10 == "ten"

That would be false.

fakeyadayada
fakeyadayada
3,159 Points
fakeyadayada
fakeyadayada
3,159 Points

Thanks Jason,

You are right, I mis-typed and it should have been 10 == "ten" and that evaluates correctly.

I, erroneously, thought the == comparison operator would convert the "ten" string to the same data type as the 10 and provide a true response and that '===' is used to compare both value and data type. I don't know where I got that idea from!

Cheers,

Lukas

fakeyadayada
fakeyadayada
3,159 Points
fakeyadayada
fakeyadayada
3,159 Points

This wasn't a question so much as a "I think I found an issue with the quiz question". If I am wrong, please correct me!