Avoid negating the left operand of relational operators

Metadata

ID: javascript-best-practices/no-unsafe-negation

Language: JavaScript

Severity: Warning

Category: Best Practices

Description

Negation of the left-hand side of an expression is often unintended.

Non-Compliant Code Examples

!a in b
(!a in b)
!(a) in b
!a instanceof b
(!a instanceof b)
!(a) instanceof b

Compliant Code Examples

a in b
a in b === false
!(a in b);
(!a) in b
a instanceof b
a instanceof b === false;
!(a instanceof b);
(!a) instanceof b;
https://static.datadoghq.com/static/images/logos/github_avatar.svg https://static.datadoghq.com/static/images/logos/vscode_avatar.svg jetbrains

Seamless integrations. Try Datadog Code Analysis