null coalescing operator for javascript?

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Published on 2009-01-24T18:18:02Z Indexed on 2010/04/07 2:33 UTC
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I assumed this question has already been asked here, but I couldn't find any, so here it goes:

Is there a null coalescing operator in Javascript?

For example, in C#, I can do this:

String someString = null;
var whatIWant = someString ?? "Cookies!";

The best approximation I can figure out for Javascript is using the conditional operator:

var someString = null;
var whatIWant = someString ? someString : 'Cookies!';

Which is sorta icky IMHO. Can I do better?

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