Truthy and Falsy

Let’s consider how non-boolean data types, like strings or numbers, are evaluated when checked inside a condition.

Sometimes, you’ll want to check if a variable exists and you won’t necessarily want it to equal a specific value — you’ll only check to see if the variable has been assigned a value.

Here’s an example:

The code block in the if statement will run because myVariable has a truthy value; even though the value of myVariable is not explicitly the value true, when used in a boolean or conditional context, it evaluates to true because it has been assigned a non-falsy value.

So which values are falsy— or evaluate to false when checked as a condition? The list of falsy values includes:

• 0

• Empty strings like "" or ''

• null which represent when there is no value at all

• undefined which represent when a declared variable lacks a value

• NaN, or Not a Number

Here’s an example with numbers:

The condition evaluates to false because the value of the numberOfApples is 0. Since 0 is a falsy value, the code block in the else statement will run.

Instructions

1.Change the value of wordCount so that it is truthy. This value should still be a number.

After you make this change and run your code, 'Great! You've started your work!' should log to the console.

2.Change the value of favoritePhrase so that it is still a string but falsy.

After you make this change and run your code, 'This string is definitely empty.' should log to the console.

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