Regarding Script

[Astik Thombare]

Hi Community ,

var a = true;
if (a == "true") {
gs.info("inside if");
} else {
gs.info("inside else");
}

Need to know why its output is coming as - inside else

Can someone explain it to me in simple words ?

Thanks in Advance

[Brad Bowman]

You are declaring 'a' with a boolean value and testing with a string value.  Boolean != string.

[Sandeep Rajput]

@Astik Thombare You are comparing a boolean value true with a string value "true" this check is bound to fail hence the else part is executing.

[Amit Gujarathi]

Hi @Astik Thombare ,
I trust you are doing great.

To fix this and make the if block execute, you could either:

• Change the condition to compare with the Boolean true: if (a === true)
• Or, use the strict equality operator === which does not perform type coercion: if (a === "true") (but in this case, you would also need to change the value of a to a string: var a = "true";)