JavaScript triple equals and three-variable comparison

Question

Can somebody explain this?

1 == 1        //true, as expected
1 === 1       //true, as expected
1 == 1 == 1   //true, as expected
1 == 1 == 2   //false, as ex         


        

Answer 1

Equality is a left-to-right precedence operation.

So:

1 == 1 == 1
true == 1
true

And:

1 === 1 === 1
true === 1
false // because triple-equals checks type as well

Answer 2

This expression:

1 === 1 === 1

Is evaluated as:

(1 === 1) === 1

After evaluating the expression inside parentheses:

true === 1

And that expression is logically false. The below expression returns true as expected though:

1 === 1 === true