# Booleans and the Stricter === and !== Operators | kirupa.com

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**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [August 27, 2015, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/booleans-and-the-stricter-and-operators-kirupa-com/633684 "2015-08-27T04:28:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/booleans-and-the-stricter-and-operators-kirupa-com/633684/1 "2015-08-27T04:28:26Z")

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by [kirupa](http://www.kirupa.com/me/index.htm) | 13 April 2014

While it's polite to say that all types are interesting and fun to be around, you and I both know that is a lie. Some types are just boring. The boolean type is one such example. Here is the reason why. Whenever you initialize a variable using either **true** or **false** , you create a boolean:

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [http://www.kirupa.com/html5//boolean\_and\_stricter\_operators.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/html5//boolean_and_stricter_operators.htm)