SyntaxError: test for equality (==) mistyped as assignment (=)?
Message
Warning: SyntaxError: test for equality (==) mistyped as assignment (=)?
Error type
SyntaxError
warning in strict mode only.
What went wrong?
There was an assignment (=
) when you would normally expect a test for equality (==
). To help debugging, JavaScript (with strict warnings enabled) warns about this pattern.
Examples
Assignment within conditional expressions
It is advisable to not use simple assignments in a conditional expression (such as if...else
), because the assignment can be confused with equality when glancing over the code. For example, do not use the following code:
if (x = y) { // do the right thing }
If you need to use an assignment in a conditional expression, a common practice is to put additional parentheses around the assignment. For example:
if ((x = y)) { // do the right thing }
Otherwise, you probably meant to use a comparison operator (e.g. ==
or ===
):
if (x == y) { // do the right thing }
See also
License
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Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/javascript/reference/errors/equal_as_assign