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		sophiebits on Feb 14, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JavaScript: Warts and workarounds One of the strangest things about == is that although it's commutative, it's not transitive: `0 == '0' // true 0 == '' // true '0' == '' // false`

jaysoo on Feb 15, 2012 [–]

Is it really that strange?

Those statements are basically (as per ECMA-262 11.9.3):

0 === Number('0') 0 === Number('') '0' === ''

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