how return one of the function between OR operator?

Question

I can not understand when the 'find' function will true or false in the else block. Here is the code:

function findSolution(target) {
  function find(current, history) {
    if(current == target) {
      return history;
    } else if (current > target) {
      return null;
    } else {
      return find(current + 5, `(${history} + 5 )`) || find(current * 3, `(${history} * 3)`);
    }
  }

  return find(1, "1");
}

console.log(findSolution(24));

Answer 1

|| works by first evaluating find(current + 5, `(${history} + 5 )`) and if it is truthy that is the final result. If it is falsy it will evaluate find(current * 3, `(${history} * 3)`) and whatever is the result will be the end result which is then returned.

You can replace return expra || exprb with code without || using if and bindings:

// expra and exprb can be any valid expression
// same as return expra || exprb;
const tmp = expra;  
if (tmp) {
    return tmp;
}
return exprb;