My question is quite simple, if I declare an IF statement with a series of OR clauses will JavaScript read all of the ORs or stop at the first one that is satisfied?
Thanks in advance.
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My question is quite simple, if I declare an IF statement with a series of OR clauses will JavaScript read all of the ORs or stop at the first one that is satisfied?
Thanks in advance.
Stops at the first one. It’s called short-circuiting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-circuit_evaluation
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Logical_Operators