How to Check for an Empty String in JavaScript

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Answer: Use the === Operator

You can use the strict equality operator (===) to check whether a string is empty or not.

The comparsion str === "" will only return true if the data type of the value is string and it is not empty, otherwise return false as demonstrated in the following example:

<script>
if(str === ""){
    // string is empty, do something
}
    
// Some test cases
alert(2 === "");  // Outputs: flase
alert(0 === "") // Outputs: false
alert("" === "") // Outputs: true
alert("Hello World!" === "") // Outputs: false 
alert(false === "") // Outputs: false
alert(null === "") // Outputs: false
alert(undefined === "") // Outputs: false
</script>

As you can see the values null, undefined, false returns false in the comparision, because they are special values. Please, check out the JavaScript data types chapter to learn more about it.

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