In Javascript, == “” evaluates to true. Why is it so?

Question

If I do 0 == \"0\" it evaluates to true. Try,

if( -777 == \"-777\" ) alert(\"same\");

alert happens.

And, it\'s also noticeable th

Answer 1

Javascript doesn't cast "false" to boolean false, only to the string "false".

You can loosely cast string values to their integer equivalent, thus your first example works.