Javascript Object Behaviour

Asked Apr 04 '18 at 10:57

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I'm pretty new to JS objects. Can anyone tell me why I am getting this result?

hey arnold

While my desired output is:

hey amy

Here's the code

function greet (person) {       
    if (person == { name: 'amy' }) {
        console.log('hey amy')
    } else {
        console.log('hey arnold')
    }
}
greet({ name: 'amy' })

edited Apr 04 '18 at 11:18

Mohammad Usman

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asked Apr 04 '18 at 10:57

Mohammad Quanit

If only object comparison was that easy :) – callback Apr 04 '18 at 10:59
you are basically comparing an object here. Obviously your if condition is not satisfied that's why else is getting executed – Lokesh Pandey Apr 04 '18 at 11:00
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Well, really you should do `console.log('hey ' + person.name)`… ;) – deceze Apr 04 '18 at 11:00
Object matching only awaible for refferer point. In your case they have difference pointers. You can use JSON stringify maybe. – Kamuran Sönecek Apr 04 '18 at 11:02

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