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JavaScript Treehouse Club - MASH MASH - JavaScript Important Stuff - Part 3

Arthur Berg
Arthur Berg
11,350 Points
Posted by Arthur Berg
Arthur Berg
11,350 Points

What does || mean? Don't even understand how to write it on a mac keyboard and I can't find the answer on google.. Help

I'm getting the question || means .....? After Part 3 on Important Stuff in the MASH course. They don't explain this information in the video and I can't find the answer online. I don't even know how to write these symbols on my mac keyboard. Please help. Thanks for a great service!

1 Answer

Dale Bailey
Dale Bailey
20,269 Points

It means "or", you can write logic like.

if (color = red OR color = amber) {stop} else if (color = green) {go}

To write it on a mac its shift and backslash, just left of the enter key. ||||||||||||||||