Why is 'false' truthy in javascript?

Question

I understand that an empty string is falsy in javascript and a not-empty string is truthy in javascript.

However, why is \'false\' truthy in javascript,

Answer 1

In Javascript any string that is not empty is truthy.

So, when evaluating any non-empty string results in true even when the string itself is 'false'.

You can read more about truthy and falsy values.

If you want to check a string for truthness, you can check it's length.

var val = str.length > 0;