Reactjs, How to compare props.location.pathname to a string?

Question

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?

Solution 1

type of both the operands should be same while using == for comparision.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

}

Solution 2

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

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