How to check a not-defined variable in JavaScript

Question

I wanted to check whether the variable is defined or not. For example, the following throws a not-defined error

alert( x );

How can I cat

Answer 1

Technically, the proper solution is (I believe):

typeof x === "undefined"

You can sometimes get lazy and use

x == null

but that allows both an undefined variable x, and a variable x containing null, to return true.