Test if something is not undefined in JavaScript

Question

response[0] is not defined, check if it is defined and then check for its property title.

if(typeof response[0] !== 'undefined' && typeof response[0].title !== 'undefined'){
    //Do something
}

Just check if response[0] is undefined:

if(response[0] !== undefined) { ... }

If you still need to explicitly check the title, do so after the initial check:

if(response[0] !== undefined && response[0].title !== undefined){ ... }

I had trouble with all of the other code examples above. In Chrome, this was the condition that worked for me:

typeof possiblyUndefinedVariable !== "undefined"

I will have to test that in other browsers and see how things go I suppose.

Actually you must surround it with an Try/Catch block so your code won't stop from working. Like this:

try{
    if(typeof response[0].title !== 'undefined') {
        doSomething();
    }
  }catch(e){
    console.log('responde[0].title is undefined'); 
  }

typeof:

var foo;
if (typeof foo == "undefined"){
  //do stuff
}