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Javascript TRUE is not defined or in quotes

rated 0 times [ 38] [ 5] / answers: 1 / hits: 33959 / 13 Years ago, tue, october 4, 2011, 12:00:00

I have a XML file that contains

<car>

    <id>123</id>

    <sunroof>FALSE</sunroof>

    <service>TRUE</service>

</car>

The following code only works if I wrap TRUE inside quotes e.g (service == TRUE)

var service = tis.find(service).text();



if(service === TRUE){

    var service_tag = '<a title=Service href=>Service</a>'

} else {

    var service_tag = '';

}

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answered 13 Years ago shaynelandenb · Accepted Answer

Without quotes javascript will try to interpret TRUE as a value / expression. There is no value TRUE natively defined in javascript. There is true but javascript is case sensitive so it won't bind TRUE to true.

The value you get back from text() is a string primitive. Writing TRUE gives you back the string TRUE which does compare succesfully with the value service