1. Introduction

While writing JavaScript programs, it is not mandatory for you to provide only true or false in Boolean context. For example, you can use a number or a string as a condition in if:

if (4) {
  console.log("passed"); //passed
}

A falsy value is a value that is considered false in a Boolean context.

JavaScript uses type coercion to coerce such values which are not true or false in the Boolean context.

2. JavaScript falsy values

Following are JavaScript falsy values:

Value	Description
false	The keyword false.
0	The Number zero (and values which are zero such as 0.0, etc., and 0x0).
-0	The Number negative zero (and values which are -0 such as 0.0 -0.0, -0x0).
0n	The BigInt zero (and also 0x0n). Note that there is no BigInt negative zero — the negation of 0n is 0n.
“”, ”, “	Empty string value.
null	the absence of any value.
undefined	the primitive value undefined.
NaN	not a number
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3. Examples

All the following will result in bypassing of if block:

if (false)
if (0)
if (-0)
if(0x0)
if(0.0)
if(-0.0)
if ("")
if('')
if(``)
if (null)
if (undefined)
if (0n)
if (NaN)