When would JavaScript == make more sense than ===?

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Published on 2010-01-25T14:24:51Z Indexed on 2010/04/09 14:13 UTC
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As 359494 indicates they are basically identical except '===' also ensures type equality and hence '==' might perform type conversion. In Douglas Crockford's JavaScript: The Good Parts, it is advised to always avoid '=='. However, I'm wondering what the original thought of designing two set of equality operators was.

Have you seen any situation that using '==' actually is more suitable than using '==='?

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