Undefined in Javascript

JavaScript
#1

return (undefined ) vs return (‘undefined’) in javascript

function fearNotLetter(str) {
var t=str.charCodeAt(0); 
//  console.log(t);
 for(var i=0;i<str.length;i++)
 {
   if(t == str.charCodeAt(i))
     { 
        t=t+1;
    }
    else
    {
      return (String.fromCharCode(t));
    }
 }
 return (undefined);
}
console.log(fearNotLetter("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"));

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#2

what’s your question?

#3

One is a string and the other is a primitive. You wouldn’t return the string undefined, but the type (normally).

If you were checking the typeof on some data you would check against the string.

let someVariable;
typeof someVariable === "undefined"
// true

It’s also worth pointing out that the string is a Truthy value and the primitive is Falsy.

Boolean("undefined")
// true

Boolean(undefined)
// false
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#4

Also worth it to think of undefined as missing (a value missing to be set).
Take a sparse array for example let sa =[1, ,2] guess what is at index 1?

#5