I'm someone who writes code just for fun and haven't really delved into it in either an academic or professional setting, so stuff like these bitwise operators really escapes me.  I was reading an article about JavaScript, which apparently...

I was playing around in jsfiddle.net and I'm curious as to why this returns true?  if(0 < 5 < 3) {     alert("True"); }   So does this:  if(0 < 5 < 2) {     alert("True"); }   But this doesn't:  if(0 < 5 <...

In a browser console, entering 1===1 evaluates to true. Entering 1===1===1 evaluates to false.  I assume that this is because of the way the statement is evaluated:  1 === 1 === 1  becomes  (1 === 1) === 1  which evaluates to  true === 1  which is fa...

a pretty simple question, is there ever a case where using a primitive data-type is preferable in javascript, i am specifically bothered by primitive booleans, consider the following code  var bool = new Boolean(false); if (bool){     alert(bool); }...

I can already convert 32bit integers into their rgba values like this:  pixelData[i] = {         red: pixelValue >> 24 & 0xFF,         green: pixelValue >> 16 & 0xFF,         blue: pixelValue >> 8 & 0xFF,         alpha:...

This runs in ActionScript 3 and JavaScript. Why? I know how && and || work, but a list? Is this AS3 specific? Is this in other languages? I'm a mouth breathing PHP/AS2 programmer. Or did everyone already know this and I'm a tool for n...

On the following answer to a previous question someone mentioned an "auto-casting bool"  I guess null has an auto-casting bool that is false.  What is it, and what does the code that makes it look like?...

I got the Json "false" from server. I respond as bool but it's Json so it's in browser type is String instead of bool.  So if I run (!data) whenever I want to check "false" == false then they not worked.  So how can I parse bo...

I want to write an if/else statement that tests if the value of a text input does NOT equal either one of two different values. Like this (excuse my pseudo-English code):  var test = $("#test").val(); if (test does not equal A or B){     do s...

I had to replace the default underscore teplating delimiters/Interpolate regex for compatibility with asp.net webforms.From the website i opted for mustache like syntax  _.templateSettings = {   interpolate : /\{\{(.+?)\}\}/g };   tried this  _.templ...