How to correctly check if an object property in JavaScript is undefined
Hello everyone! I'm new to JavaScript and encountered a problem when checking object properties. I have a user object:
```javascript
const user = {
name: 'Ivan',
age: 25
};
```
I want to check if the object has a property `email` and if it is `undefined`. But I'm confused about the different ways to check.
For example, if I write:
```javascript
if (user.email === undefined) {
console.log('email is not defined');
}
```
This works, but I've heard that this is not safe because a property can be explicitly set to `undefined`. Then I tried the `in` operator:
```javascript
if ('email' in user) {
console.log('property exists');
}
```
But here I don't understand the difference between "property does not exist" and "property exists but is undefined". In my
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