Check if two Strings are NOT equal in JavaScript

Check if two Strings are NOT equal #

Use the strict inequality (!==) operator to check if two strings are not equal to one another, e.g. a !== b. The strict inequality operator returns true if the strings are not equal and false otherwise.

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const a = 'one';
const b = 'two';

if (a !== b) {
  console.log('✅ strings are NOT equal');
} else {
  console.log('⛔️ strings are equal');
}

We used the strict inequality (!==) operator to check if two strings are not equal.

The operator returns a boolean result:

• true if the values are not equal
• false if the values are equal

The strict inequality (!==) operator is the negation of the strict equality (===) operator.

Here are some more examples.

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console.log(5 !== '5'); // 👉️ true
console.log('one' !== 'one'); // 👉️ false
console.log('one' !== 'ONE'); // 👉️ true
console.log('' !== ' '); // 👉️ true

console.log(null !== null); // 👉️ false
console.log(undefined !== undefined); // 👉️ false
console.log(NaN !== NaN); // 👉️ true

The strict inequality (!==) operator considers two values of different types to be different, as opposed to the loose inequality (!=) operator.

This means that two values of different types will never be equal when using the strict inequality operator.

Notice that in the last example, NaN !== NaN returns true. This is because NaN (not a number) is the only value in JavaScript that is not equal to itself.

Further Reading #

• Remove Special Characters from a String in JavaScript
• Check if two Numbers are NOT equal in JavaScript
• Concatenate Strings with a Separator using JavaScript
• Check if String starts with one of Multiple Values in JS
• How to count the words in a String in JavaScript