if statement in javascript always true

Question

So, I have the code, its not done, but all i want it to do is display one alert box if I write the word \'help\', and say something else if anything else is entered.

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Answer 1

The reason why it always pops up is that reply === 'help' || 'Help' evaluates as (reply === 'Help') || ('Help'). The string literal Help is always truthy in Javascript hence it always evaluates to truthy.

To fix this you need to compare reply to both values

if (reply === 'help' || reply === 'Help') {
  ...
}

Or if you want any case variant of help use a regex

if (reply.match(/^help$/i)) {
  ...
}