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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Combining Multiple Tests Into a Single Condition

Posted by Kyle Gibbons
Kyle Gibbons
1,388 Points

I'm wondering why the attached code is 1, and not true. I ran it through repl.it, and thought I would get true, reason?

var x = 2;

x || true

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

i ran it in browsers console and got 2.

2 Answers

Shawn O'Connor
Shawn O'Connor
14,135 Points
Shawn O'Connor
Shawn O'Connor
14,135 Points

Any non zero number will typically return as 'True'

Cindy Lea
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Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 Points
Cindy Lea
Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 Points

Im going to say its beause x is not a zero or one which reflects the boolean value of false or true. 2 isnt a boolean value

Kyle Gibbons
Kyle Gibbons
1,388 Points

Hey Cindy,

Thank you, I believe that might be why. I actually meant 2 in my question, when I changed x = 0, it came back true.