how to compare two strings in javascript if condition

Question

I'm having trouble recalling how to compare these two strings in an if statement. What I'm string to do is check if my variable compare equals page1 or page2 if not, go to the else statement.

var compare = "page3";

if (compare === "page1" || "page2") {
  document.body.innerHTML = "github url";
} else {
  document.body.innerHTML = "non-github url";
}

Answer 1

You could check every option.

if (compare === "page1" || compare === "page2") {

Or you could use an array and check with an existential quantifier like Array#some against, like

if (["page1", "page2"].some(a => a === compare)) {

var compare = "page3";

if (compare === "page1" || compare === "page2") {
    document.body.innerHTML = "github url";
} else {
    document.body.innerHTML = "non-github url";
}