Aug 27, 2010 · However, note that string objects will not be equal. new String("a") == new String("a") will return false. Call the valueOf() method to convert it to a primitive for String …

Unfortunately, stringCompare is not reliable. Opera, IE, Firefox, Chrome and Safari all return 1 for 'dog'.localeCompare('cat'), which is to be expected, and -1 when you reverse the caller and …

Dec 11, 2008 · With other words, if String wouldn't be of type Object it couldn't be used with the new operator. new always returns an Object, even for String constructors, too. And alas! The …

Comparing strings with a === b is the fastest way to compare string natives. However, if you could create String Objects like new String("test"), re-use those and use those in the comparisons, …

The flaw in the tests mentioned in the question is the fact that we are testing against literal strings. It seems that JavaScript is optimized so that string comparison for string literals is done just by …

Jan 26, 2010 · Use RegEx for string match or comparison. In JavaScript, you can use match() for string comparison, don't forget to put i in the regular expression. This flag will force case …

Feb 18, 2017 · javascript; if-statement; string-comparison; Share. Improve this question. Follow edited Mar 6, 2020 at 18 ...

The comparison of Strings uses a simple lexicographic ordering on sequences of code unit values. And this if both operands are strings: If Type(px) is String and Type(py) is String, then …

Aug 29, 2022 · Yes it gets a boolean from the < result and coerces it to string, but by then it's too late to affect how the comparison worked. JS < operator behavior depends on its two …

Apr 17, 2012 · JavaScript compares strings character by character and "a" comes before "b" in the alphabet - hence less than. In your case it works like so - 1 . " a aaa" < " a b"