Timeline for Is there a null-coalescing (Elvis) operator or safe navigation operator in javascript?
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| May 15, 2017 at 13:45 | comment | added | andresp | No, you can do false-coalescing with the logical OR in JavaScript. | |
| Nov 18, 2016 at 21:52 | comment | added | user19302 | This is not a null-coalescing operator. Null-coalescing only works on a single value, not on a chain of property access/function invocations. You can already do null-coalescing with the logical OR operator in JavaScript. | |
| Jul 7, 2011 at 16:40 | comment | added | Shog9 | true in the strict sense, but as other answers have noted JavaScript's logical OR operator can behave as sort of a false -coalescing operator, allowing you to achieve the same brevity in many situations. | |
| Jul 7, 2011 at 16:34 | history | answered | CassOnMars | CC BY-SA 3.0 |