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Check if a value is truthy. The word "truthy" means the value is not one of undefined, null, false, 0, NaN or an empty string "".
// Check if a value is truthy. The word truthy means the value is not one of undefined, null, false, 0, NaN or an empty string "".
// Also, you can use the Boolean function to convert the value.
function isTruthy(o) {
return !!o;
}
@matthias-t
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@akash-mitra This returns true for "0" and false for 0 because "0" is truthy and 0 is falsy, see MDN

@platinumindustries
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"0" should be true. Cast to a number if you want to test for 0

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