How to check for an undefined or null variable in JavaScript?

Question

We are frequently using the following code pattern in our JavaScript code

if (typeof(some_variable) != \'undefined\' && some_variable != null)
{
             


        

Answer 1

In newer JavaScript standards like ES5 and ES6 you can just say

> Boolean(0) //false
> Boolean(null)  //false
> Boolean(undefined) //false

all return false, which is similar to Python's check of empty variables. So if you want to write conditional logic around a variable, just say

if (Boolean(myvar)){
   // Do something
}

here "null" or "empty string" or "undefined" will be handled efficiently.