Why my variable is true and not true at the same time?

Question

Just take a look at this javascript:

localStorage.myAwesomeItem = true;
var item = localStorage.myAwesomeItem;
alert(item);
if(item==true)
    {alert("really true");}
else
    {alert("lies; not true");}

jsfiddle

I set myAwesomeItem of the local storage to true. Fine. Then I store this item in a variable called item. And alert to check its value. As you see, it is true.

Then I check through the condition if my item is really true. But it is not. It goes for the else.

Can anyone explain me this behavior?

Answer 1

Local storage converts anything stored in into string. So you can get it working by doing this:

if(item=="true")...

Answer 2

Localstorage stores everything as strings. So the true you input is actually saved as "true" and the false as "false".

All non-empty strings in javascript evaluate to true.