As you can see in the picture the value of the r.SalaryGrade is null. Why it skip my IF condition and goes to Else?. I make sure that if is an empty string and null it will add a class to a textbox. Did I do something wrong?.

 if (r.SalaryGrade == "" && r.SalaryGrade == null) { $("#JobGradeId").addClass('validation'); }
 else { $("#JobGradeId").removeClass('validation'); }

As you can see in the picture the value of the r.SalaryGrade is null. Why it skip my IF condition and goes to Else?. I make sure that if is an empty string and null it will add a class to a textbox. Did I do something wrong?.

 if (r.SalaryGrade == "" && r.SalaryGrade == null) { $("#JobGradeId").addClass('validation'); }
 else { $("#JobGradeId").removeClass('validation'); }

• javascript
• if-statement

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• 1 I'm pretty sure in Javascript '' != null, in other words that if statement will never be entered as you want it to be an empty string and null. – Chris Commented Jul 4, 2017 at 1:24
• 1 Maybe swap and- && for or- || ? – NewToJS Commented Jul 4, 2017 at 1:25
• 2 if (r.SalaryGrade == "" || r.SalaryGrade == null) – cs95 Commented Jul 4, 2017 at 1:26
• Read it out loud. Grade equal to empty string AND Grade equal to null. – epascarello Commented Jul 4, 2017 at 1:35

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Your if condition has an "&&" in it.

'' and null are different things

You need to change how you structure that if statement. You could do something like,

r.SalaryGrade == "" || r.SalaryGrade == null

r.salaryGrade = "" as the first conditional passed, therefore it cannot be equal to null ( as it HAS a value of "" which is not null ).

You can change the && to an || and if either is true it will continue on.

As there is && in the if statement. it does not go in the if statement. Just try this for clarification- just make an if statement

String s= "";

IF(s == null) print "it is null";

else print "it is not null";

See yourself whether String s can be empty and null at the same time.