How can I determine if a variable is 'undefined' or 'null'?

Question

How do I determine if variable is undefined or null?

My code is as follows:

var EmpN         


        

Answer 1

I've just had this problem i.e. checking if an object is null.
I simply use this:

if (object) {
    // Your code
}

For example:

if (document.getElementById("enterJob")) {
    document.getElementById("enterJob").className += ' current';
}

Answer 2

(null == undefined)  // true

(null === undefined) // false

Because === checks for both the type and value. Type of both are different but value is the same.

Answer 3

Calling typeof null returns a value of “object”, as the special value null is considered to be an empty object reference. Safari through version 5 and Chrome through version 7 have a quirk where calling typeof on a regular expression returns “function” while all other browsers return “object”.

Answer 4

if (variable == null) {
    // Do stuff, will only match null or undefined, this won't match false
}

Answer 5

if you create a function to check it:

export function isEmpty (v) {
 if (typeof v === "undefined") {
   return true;
 }
 if (v === null) {
   return true;
 }
 if (typeof v === "object" && Object.keys(v).length === 0) {
   return true;
 }

 if (Array.isArray(v) && v.length === 0) {
   return true;
 }

 if (typeof v === "string" && v.trim().length === 0) {
   return true;
 }

return false;
}

Answer 6

var i;

if (i === null || typeof i === 'undefined') {
    console.log(i, 'i is undefined or null')
}
else {
    console.log(i, 'i has some value')
}