I can't google the ~ operator to find out more about it. Can someone please explain to me in simple words what it is for and how to use it?
It is a bitwise NOT.
Most common use I've seen is a double bitwise NOT, for removing the decimal part of a number, e.g:
var a = 1.2; ~~a; // 1
Why not use Math.floor
? The trivial reason is that it is faster and uses fewer bytes. The more important reason depends on how you want to treat negative numbers. Consider:
var a = -1.2; Math.floor(a); // -2 ~~a; // -1
So, use Math.floor
for rounding down, use ~~
for chopping off (not a technical term).
One usage of the ~ (Tilde) I have seen was getting boolean for .indexOf().
You could use: if(~myArray.indexOf('abc')){ };
Instead of this: if(myArray.indexOf('abc') > -1){ };
JSFiddle Example
Additional Info: The Great Mystery of the Tilde(~)
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It's a tilde and it is the bitwise NOT operator.
~ is a bitwise NOT operator. It will invert the bits that make up the value of the stored variable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitwise_operations_in_C#Bitwise_NOT_.22.7E.22_.2F_one.27s_complement_.28unary.29
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