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Javascript === vs == : Does it matter which “equal” operator I use?

Hi,
This is my tiny code:

var domains_before_update = storage.getItem('domain_list_original');
    if(domains_before_update==null || domains_before_update=="" )
    { 
           gBrowser.selectedTab = gBrowser.addTab("chrome://filter/content/block_and_redirect_list.html");

    }

Is that correct or should I be using === instead of == ?

Thanks!

Answer 1

=== checks the strict equals (without coercion) that you’re used to , where == checks the value [after built-in coercion] equality

but as the other answer(s) noted, strict equality does not work when checking for null, use !variable

same as this post: Difference between == and === in JavaScript

edit: clarified some of the wording thanks to the helpful comments!