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Kevin Powell - Communityβ€’15mo agoβ€’
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checking if a string is empty.

Hey, i had a string that started off with the value "" and wanted to check if it was empty. I first tried if (xyz.length <= 0) {...} but found out that "" equates to
null
and that it wouldn't work due to this. i researched it and found you could do if (xyz) which ended up working, this resource said that that tests for a value but i always thought that sort of if statement was for checking booleans (if (xyz) being "if xyz = true").

Is this a recommended way to check for an empty string and is that a recommended check to do if it's not checking for a boolean? thanks in advance.
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