fruit = fruit === "" ? "" : fruit || "strawberry";
fruit = fruit == "" ? "" : fruit || "strawberry";
fruit = fruit === "" ? "" : fruit || "strawberry";
fruit = fruit == "" ? "" : fruit || "strawberry";
fruit = fruit === "" && "" || fruit || "strawberrry";
Personally, I find that once you understand JavaScript, the beauty in what you can do, especially for input validation (which is an ugly, ugly thing) works so well in this language.