So what’s the difference between == and === in Javascript? Nothing at all if the types on both ends are the same!
If they are different though, == will try to coerce, before compare and this is where a lot of confusion comes from.
42 == "42"; // true, "42" will be converted to number before comparison
1 == true; // true, because true will be converted to 1 before comparison
This also applies to relation comparisons like < and even <=.
There is no way to avoid coercion with relational comparisons. These are the only ones which are valid:
<(less than)>(greater than)<=(less than or equal to)>=(greater than or equal to)==(equality with coercion)===(strict equality, no coercion)