Grokking the Coding Interview: Patterns for Coding Questions
Ask Author
Back to course home

0% completed

Vote For New Content
does anyone know what the OR 0 means in the JS code?if (wordsSeen[word] > (wordF...

linochoa11690

May 12, 2022

does anyone know what the OR 0 means in the JS code?

if (wordsSeen[word] > (wordFrequency[word] || 0)) {

thanks in advance!

1

0

Comments
Comments
Shubham Vora
Shubham Voraa year ago

The || 0 in JavaScript ensures that if wordFrequency[word] is undefined, it defaults to 0. This avoids errors and ensures proper comparison by providing a fallback value.

On this page