When it comes to TypeScript, "a"
is classified as a literal type, meaning it has only one value, which is "a"
. The same goes for "b"
.
Based on how you initialize the variable value
, TypeScript recognizes its type as "a" | "b"
, a union type indicating that the value must be either "a"
or "b"
.
If the type (and hence the value) of value
is not "a"
, then the first if block will be executed.
This implies that the else if
condition will certainly work with a value of type and value "a"
. Consequently, you are comparing "a"
with "b"
.
However, in TypeScript, no value can simultaneously belong to both "a"
and "b"
types because these types do not overlap (meaning no value can be of both types at once).
For example, consider the types string
and "a"
have some overlap since the value "a"
can be classified under both types.