Prototype Library use of !! operator
- by Rajat
Here is a snippet from Prototype Javascript Library :
Browser: (function(){
var ua = navigator.userAgent;
var isOpera = Object.prototype.toString.call(window.opera) == '[object Opera]';
return {
IE: !!window.attachEvent && !isOpera,
Opera: isOpera,
WebKit: ua.indexOf('AppleWebKit/') > -1,
Gecko: ua.indexOf('Gecko') > -1 && ua.indexOf('KHTML') === -1,
MobileSafari: /Apple.*Mobile/.test(ua)
}
})(),
This is all good and i understand the objective of creating a browser object. One thing that caught my eye and I haven't been able to figure out is the use of double not operator !! in the IE property.
If you read through the code you will find it at many other places. I dont understand whats the difference between !!window.attachEvent and using just window.attachEvent.
Is it just a convention or is there more to it that's not obvious?
