In my router, I need to do the following:

if (props.location.pathname !== '/confirm') {
    // redirect to /confirm to force the user to confirm their email
}

The if statement is not acting as expected.

If I output:

console.log(props.location.pathname)

I get in the console.

/confirm

However, props.location.pathname with the value of '/confirm' is not being seen as the same as /confirm

What am I doing wrong?

In my router, I need to do the following:

if (props.location.pathname !== '/confirm') {
    // redirect to /confirm to force the user to confirm their email
}

The if statement is not acting as expected.

If I output:

console.log(props.location.pathname)

I get in the console.

/confirm

However, props.location.pathname with the value of '/confirm' is not being seen as the same as /confirm

What am I doing wrong?

• javascript
• reactjs
• parator
• string-parison

Share Improve this question Follow asked Jul 4, 2017 at 17:11 AnnaSmAnnaSm 2,30066 gold badges2424 silver badges3535 bronze badges 3

• 2 What is typeof props.location.pathname ? Strict parison a !== b is true if types are different. – Yury Tarabanko Commented Jul 4, 2017 at 17:13
• typeof props.location.pathname returns string – AnnaSm Commented Jul 4, 2017 at 17:32
• 1 Then it should be ok to use props.location.pathname !== '/confirm'. Make sure you don't have some space or special character in "/confirm". – Yury Tarabanko Commented Jul 4, 2017 at 17:35

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To pare two strings in React.js, you can simply use triple-equals (or ===) as below:

if (stringTemp === 'desired string'){
      console.log('Equal');
    }

type of both the operands should be same while using == for parision.Make sure both are of string type or change if to

if (props.location.pathname != '/confirm') {
// redirect to /confirm to force the user to confirm their email

}