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by salil999 784 days ago
In the example they have

> const urlstring = "this is not a URL";

> const not_a_url = URL.canParse(urlstring) && new URL(urlstring);

Why would you need the latter part of the condition? Couldn't it just be this?

> const isValidURL = URL.canParse(urlstring);