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I have JavaScript code and I found the following line :

I'm a bit confused about the syntax:

e = k.attr("data-icon"), e && (a.icon = e),

I understand the first part k.attr("data-icon") but not the rest.

What does that mean?

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    Do you ask about , or && or both? Commented Sep 14, 2018 at 14:31
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    see this Commented Sep 14, 2018 at 14:32
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    stackoverflow.com/questions/3561043/… and stackoverflow.com/questions/41205110/… Commented Sep 14, 2018 at 14:33
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    The e && (a.icon = e) means -> if e is truthy, set a.icon to the value of e. And e is the value of the previous assignment statement k.attr('data-icon'). This should not have been marked as a duplicate. Commented Sep 14, 2018 at 14:35
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    This looks very much like minified code, not anything someone has written like that. Do not try to pick up this style. Try finding the un-minified source code instead and learn from there what the code is doing. Commented Sep 14, 2018 at 14:40
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