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JavaScript Opearators

Nullish coalescing operator (??)​

The nullish coalescing operator (??) is a logical operator that returns its right-hand side operand when its left-hand side operand is null or undefined, and otherwise returns its left-hand side operand.

const foo = null ?? 'default string';
console.log(foo);
// expected output: "default string"

const baz = 0 ?? 42;
console.log(baz);
// expected output: 0

delete operator​

The JavaScript delete operator removes a property from an object; if no more references to the same property are held, it is eventually released automatically.


const Employee = {
  firstname: 'John',
  lastname: 'Doe'
};

console.log(Employee.firstname);
// expected output: "John"

delete Employee.firstname;

console.log(Employee.firstname);
// expected output: undefined

in operator​

The in operator returns true if the specified property is in the specified object or its prototype chain.

const car = { make: 'Honda', model: 'Accord', year: 1998 };

console.log('make' in car);
// expected output: true

delete car.make;
if ('make' in car === false) {
  car.make = 'Suzuki';
}

console.log(car.make);
// expected output: "Suzuki"

Conditional (ternary) operator​

The conditional (ternary) operator is the only JavaScript operator that takes three operands: a condition followed by a question mark (?), then an expression to execute if the condition is truthy followed by a colon (:), and finally the expression to execute if the condition is falsy. This operator is frequently used as an alternative to an if...else statement.

function getFee(isMember) {
  return (isMember ? '$2.00' : '$10.00');
}

console.log(getFee(true));
// expected output: "$2.00"

console.log(getFee(false));
// expected output: "$10.00"

console.log(getFee(null));
// expected output: "$10.00"