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The Object is() method

Find out all about the JavaScript is() method of the Object object

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This method was introduced in ES2015. It aims to help comparing values.

Usage:

Object.is(a, b)

The result is always false unless:

0 and -0 are different values in JavaScript, so pay attention in this special case (convert all to +0 using the + unary operator before comparing, for example).


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