Is "else" required?
importance: 4
The following function returns true
if the parameter age
is greater than 18
.
Otherwise it asks for a confirmation and returns its result:
function checkAge(age) {
if (age > 18) {
return true;
} else {
// ...
return confirm('Did parents allow you?');
}
}
Will the function work differently if else
is removed?
function checkAge(age) {
if (age > 18) {
return true;
}
// ...
return confirm('Did parents allow you?');
}
Is there any difference in the behavior of these two variants?
No difference!
In both cases, return confirm('Did parents allow you?')
executes exactly when the if
condition is falsy.