How to check if a variable is not null?

Here is how you can test if a variable is not NULL:

if (myVar !== null) {...}

the block will be executed if myVar is not null.. it will be executed if myVar is undefined or false or 0 or NaN or anything else..


  • code inside your if(myVar) { code } will be NOT executed only when myVar is equal to: false, 0, "", null, undefined, NaN or you never defined variable myVar (then additionally code stop execution and throw exception).
  • code inside your if(myVar !== null) {code} will be NOT executed only when myVar is equal to null or you never defined it (throws exception).

Here you have all (src)

if

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== (its negation !=)

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=== (its negation !==)

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They are not equivalent. The first will execute the block following the if statement if myVar is truthy (i.e. evaluates to true in a conditional), while the second will execute the block if myVar is any value other than null.

The only values that are not truthy in JavaScript are the following (a.k.a. falsy values):

  • null
  • undefined
  • 0
  • "" (the empty string)
  • false
  • NaN