Or operator not working in IF statement Node.js

Question

I originally had a route in node.js that stated this:

If the req.url === something or something or something or something, do this, else, do that.

The problem i

Answer 1

the else statement is never executed because your if condition always returns true..

if (category === 'stupid' || 'stupid2') {

the second part of the condition i.e. after the || operator is 'stupid2 which is a truthy value

Answer 2

You're using it incorrectly.

category === 'stupid' || category === 'stupid2'

Your version is effectively...

 (category === 'stupid') || 'stupid2'

...so because a non-empty string is "truthy", the RHS will always cause the || to pass.