How do we differentiate between ‘null’ and ‘undefined’, in JavaScript? what do ‘undefined’ and ‘null’ have in common? Read on to understand.
Both ‘undefined’ and ‘null’ are JavaScript data types. Other data types are ‘String’, ‘Number’, ‘Boolean’, ‘Array’ and ‘Object’. Converting both ‘undefined’ and ‘null’ into a Boolean will return ‘false’.
Boolean(null); // returns false Boolean(undefined); // returns false
undefined
A variable declared, but no value assigned to it is ‘undefined’. In other words, the value of a variable with no value is ‘undefined’. The typeof(undefined) is ‘undefined’. ‘undefined’ is a constant.
var foo; foo; // is undefined typeof(foo); // is undefined
null
‘null’ is an assignment value. ‘null’ can be used to set a variable as ‘no value’. So using ‘null’ we can empty a variable value. The typeof(null) is an Object.
var bar = null; bar; // is null; typeof(bar); // is Object