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Discussion on: (Not) Everything in JavaScript is an Object

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Sophie The Lionhart • • Edited

Great article.

Remember kiddos,

String("string") == "string";

but

String("string") !== "string";

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David Smith • • Edited 
String("string") == "string";
true
String("string") === "string";
true
String("string") != "string";
false
String("string") !== "string";
false
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Sophie The Lionhart •

Hrmmm..... I had done basically the same thing in my console when I made my comment, but I had a different result that day. I honestly expected your to be the case but I got what I typed before. I must have had a typo or something. MB

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David Smith • • Edited

I think you forgot the new keyword:

y = "string"
"string"
x = new String("string")
String {0: "s", 1: "t", 2: "r", 3: "i", 4: "n", 5: "g", length: 6, [[PrimitiveValue]]: "string"}
x === y
false
String("string") === "string"
true
new String("string") === "string"
false
typeof(x)
"object"
typeof(y)
"string"
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Sophie The Lionhart •

That's most likely it. You're far more knowledgeable than me in this area it seems. Thanks for adding the clarity for future readers and teaching me something!