Javascript 002: Null & Undefined

• "null == undefined" returns true
• "null === undefined" returns false
• Both null and undefined are falsy
• Both have no properties or methods

Null

• Language keyword
• typeof("null") = "object" -- i.e. null is actually a generic object
• Therefore can be used to represent --
  1. Absence of a value
  2. "No object"
  3. No value for strings and numbers as well as objects

Undefined

• Predefined global constant
• typeof("undefined") = "undefined" -- i.e. undefined is of its own special type
• undefined also represent absense of a value
• But can be specific to following situations
  1. Variable value uninitialized
  2. Object property / Array element does not exist
  3. Function has no return type
  4. Function argument missing value