returning the higher value in logical operators in javascript

Question

I am practising the logical operators in JavaScript and fully understood the concepts, but It seems that I didn't with this equation.

    const one = 1;
    const two = 5;
    console.log(one && two);

Why in this case it returns five and not one, shouldn't be returned the first value since both are true ?

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Logical_AND — BeerusDev, Aug 26 '21 at 17:26
Refer these examples : https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Logical_AND#using_and — joy08, Aug 26 '21 at 17:27
Does this answer your question? [Logical operators in JavaScript — how do you use them?](/questions/4535647/logical-operators-in-javascript-how-do-you-use-them). `&&` evaluates to the first falsy operand or the last truthy operand. — Sebastian Simon, Aug 27 '21 at 03:37

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 26 '21 at 17:25

5

"If expr1 can be converted to true, returns expr2; else, returns expr1."

So in this case, 1 can be converted to true, so it returns the second value, 5.

answered Aug 26 '21 at 17:25

bopbopbop

I can't get this... – Paurush Sinha Aug 26 '21 at 17:28
You are correct, after I switched them, it returned the last one. Thank you – Joey Aug 26 '21 at 17:38

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 26 '21 at 17:30

2

The LOGICAL && operator returns the last value if all other values are true, or else it will return the first non truthy value.

i.e. Java != JavaScript

answered Aug 26 '21 at 17:30

BeerusDev

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