This lesson introduces the ??
operator which is known as nullish coalescing. The ??
operator produces the value on the right-hand side if (and only if) the value on the left-hand side is null
or undefined
, making it a useful operator for providing fallback values.
We'll contrast the ??
operator with the ||
logical OR operator which produces the value on the right-hand side if the value on the left-hand side is any falsy value (such as null
, undefined
, false
, ""
, 0
, …).