This page created for javascript beginner programmers to show not obvious behaviors, let's call all of them "anomalies"
(function(){
var a = b = 3;
})();
console.log(typeof a);
// output: undefined
console.log(typeof b);
// output: number
console.log(typeof null);
// output: object
console.log(null instanceof Object);
// output: false
console.log(typeof NaN);
// output: number
console.log(typeof function () {});
// output: function
// but there's no function type http://ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-8
console.log('' == '0');
// output: false
console.log(0 == '');
// output: true
console.log(0 == '0');
// output: true
console.log(false == 'false');
// output: false
console.log(false == '0');
// output: true
console.log(false == undefined);
// output: false
console.log(false == null);
// output: false
console.log(null == undefined);
// output: true
console.log(' \t\r\n ' == 0);
// output: true
console.log("abc" == new String("abc"));
// output: true
console.log("abc" === new String("abc"));
// output: false
console.log(0.1 + 0.2 == 0.3);
// output: false
// sum of float values is not equeals obvious float value
console.log(NaN != NaN);
// output: true
console.log(NaN == NaN);
// output: false
console.log(NaN === NaN);
// output: false
console.log(!!undefined);
// output: false
console.log(!!NaN);
// output: false
console.log(!!null);
// output: false
console.log([1, 2, 3] == [1, 2, 3]);
// output: false
// How to detect array equality in JavaScript?
console.log(new Array(3) == ",,");
// output: true
console.log(new Array(3) === ",,");
// output: false
console.log("a" > "b");
// output: true
console.log("abcd" < "abcd");
// output: false
console.log("abcd" < "abdc");
// output: true
console.log("2" * "3");
// output: 6
console.log("2" * "3" + "4");
// output: "64"
console.log("2" * "3" + "4" * "5")
// output: 26
console.log("test " + 1);
// output: test 1
console.log("test " + 1 + 1);
// output: test 11
console.log("days" * 2);
// output: NaN
function Foo(value) {
this.bar = value;
}
var test = new Foo('test');
console.log(test.bar);
// output: test
Foo('test');
console.log(bar);
// output: test
(function (foo, bar) {
console.log(typeof arguments);
// output: object
arguments[0] = 999;
console.log(foo);
// output: 999
})(1, 2);
try {
eval("2.toString()")
} catch (err) {
console.log(err.message)
// output: Unexpected token ILLEGAL
}
console.log(2..toString());
// output: 2
console.log(2 .toString());
// output 2
console.log((2).toString());
// output: 2
console.log([1, 2, 3].toString())
// output: 1,2,3
var a = {b: 2, c: 3};
console.log(a.toString())
// output: [object Object]
var a = 1;
function bar() {
if (!a) {
var a = 10;
}
console.log(a);
}
bar();
// output: 10
Note that anomaly word has only literary turnover, it's not a technical term.