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馃摑 Article: the difference between optional chaining and non-null assertions聽#69

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JoshuaKGoldberg
opened on Jul 26, 2022

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?. and !. aren't the same. I should write an article explaining the difference.

One common slipup I've seen is people doing this:

const myValue = document.getElementById(someId)?.textContent;

...and wondering why myValue is string | undefined, not string.

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