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Use the Conditional (Ternary) Operator

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Use the Conditional (Ternary) Operator

Problem Explanation:

• You need to write a function named checkEqual, which checks if the two parameters are equal.
• If the parameters are equal, Equal is to be returned else Not Equal should be returned.

Hint

Use ternary operator to check for equality.

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function checkEqual(a, b) {
  return a === b ? "Equal" : "Not Equal";
}

Code Explanation:

• A function checkEqual is declared, it accepts two parameters in variables a and b.
• The return statement would return the value of the evaluated ternary expression.
• The ternary expression checks if a and b are equal or not and returns Equal or Not Equal respectively.