Every programming language offers a way to compare variables and other things. But JavaScript is the language where comparison and equity check came into a new dimension. As JavaScript offers both "==" & "===" operators to check equity, we've got more options to experience but things get messy for beginners.

It is extremely confusing for them to understand in-depth difference and their use case. So let's get started with proper definitions and examples to grasp the core concept of "==" & "===".

1. What is "==" & “===” ?
2. What is “==” ?
3. What is “===” ?
4. Bonus Example
5. Use Case

In one word they both are comparison operators. They perform a comparison between their left & right operator and gives the result in boolean (true or false) datatype.

Hold your coffee for a sec. Yes, both of them do the same but in a completely different method. 

First of all, in simple terms "==" operator only checks the value which means it doesn't care which data types that the variable ar holding that's called a loose equality operator. For example: 

const a = '1';
const b = 1;

const c = a == b;
console.log(c) //true

In the above example, variable a is string, and variable b number. Previously we said, "==" operator doesn't care about data types.

But actually behind the scene "==" operator does type conversion. If one operand's data type is string then before comparison "==" automatically converts the string datatype to number datatype. Hence, the example gives the output as true.

In JavaScript, “===” is called strictly equality operator as it checks operands' data types as well as their value and they don't perform any kind of type conversion.

So, basically “===” operator returns true if both operands are of the same data type and have the same value. Our first example gives different result for “===” operator. Take a look:

const a = 1;
const b = '1';

const c = a === b;
console.log(c) //false

const x = 0;
const y = false;

console.log(x == y) // true
console.log(x == y)  // false

The above example is another case of type conversion that is only done by the '"==" operator where '"===" leaves as it is. Here, we get true for the '"==" operator because it converted 0 to false. Even If we put string 0 it will also be converted to 0 no matter what. 

In case of comparing null and undefined, then the == operator will return true but the '"===" operator will return false:

const a = null;
const b = undefined;


console.log(a == b) //true
console.log(a === b) // false

We can use the "==" operator where the user may enter data in both string and number format. (i.e: ‘1’ or 1) and our main concern is value is not a data type. On the other hand, we can use the "===" operator where the values are both data types must be the same and where null/undefined may cause may lead us to an error.