[JavaScript] typeof !== “undefined” vs. != null

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2703102/typeof-undefined-vs-null

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typeof allows the identifier to never have been declared before. So it's safer in that regard: if(typeof neverDeclared == "undefined") //no errors if(neverDeclared == null) //throws ReferenceError: neverDeclared is not defined