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Asked: June 13, 20262026-06-13T14:57:52+00:00 2026-06-13T14:57:52+00:00

Possible Duplicates: What does options = options || {} mean in Javascript? null coalescing

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What does “options = options || {}” mean in Javascript?
null coalescing operator for javascript?  

Was reading some code and I saw this:

this.x1 = options.x1 || 0;

Never seen syntax like this before. What does it mean?

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    2026-06-13T14:57:53+00:00Added an answer on June 13, 2026 at 2:57 pm

    It’s a coalesce… which means it’ll assign 0 if options.x1 is falsy… and options.x1 otherwise.

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