Seemingly identical strings fail comparison

Question

I am encountering a strange issue while comparing two strings. Here is my code:

console.log(x == y);
console.log(\"\'\" + x + \"\'==\'\" + y + \"\'\");
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Answer 1

Try to escape your two strings to see what chars are in them. In this case (although Frédéric has covered possible cases) since you're using PGP, you probably have a binary non-printable char present.

escape(x);
escape(y);

in your console and you will be able to detect the char in action.