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Refs: nodejs#9399

PR-URL: nodejs#11548
Reviewed-By: Timothy Gu <timothygu99@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Yuta Hiroto <hello@about-hiroppy.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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* `value` {any}
* `message` {any}

An alias of [`assert.ok()`][] .

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pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5910
description: Handle non-`Uint8Array` typed arrays correctly.
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* `actual` {any}
* `expected` {any}
* `message` {any}

Tests for deep equality between the `actual` and `expected` parameters.
Primitive values are compared with the equal comparison operator ( `==` ).
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description: Handle non-`Uint8Array` typed arrays correctly.
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* `actual` {any}
* `expected` {any}
* `message` {any}

Generally identical to `assert.deepEqual()` with two exceptions. First,
primitive values are compared using the strict equality operator ( `===` ).
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description: The `error` parameter can now be an arrow function.
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* `block` {Function}
* `error` {RegExp|Function}
* `message` {any}

Asserts that the function `block` does not throw an error. See
[`assert.throws()`][] for more details.
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* `actual` {any}
* `expected` {any}
* `message` {any}

Tests shallow, coercive equality between the `actual` and `expected` parameters
using the equal comparison operator ( `==` ).
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* `actual` {any}
* `expected` {any}
* `message` {any}
* `operator` {String}

Throws an `AssertionError`. If `message` is falsy, the error message is set as
the values of `actual` and `expected` separated by the provided `operator`.
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* `value` {any}

Throws `value` if `value` is truthy. This is useful when testing the `error`
argument in callbacks.
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* `actual` {any}
* `expected` {any}
* `message` {any}

Tests for any deep inequality. Opposite of [`assert.deepEqual()`][].

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* `actual` {any}
* `expected` {any}
* `message` {any}

Tests for deep strict inequality. Opposite of [`assert.deepStrictEqual()`][].

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* `actual` {any}
* `expected` {any}
* `message` {any}

Tests shallow, coercive inequality with the not equal comparison operator
( `!=` ).
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* `actual` {any}
* `expected` {any}
* `message` {any}

Tests strict inequality as determined by the strict not equal operator
( `!==` ).
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* `value` {any}
* `message` {any}

Tests if `value` is truthy. It is equivalent to
`assert.equal(!!value, true, message)`.
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* `actual` {any}
* `expected` {any}
* `message` {any}

Tests strict equality as determined by the strict equality operator ( `===` ).

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description: The `error` parameter can now be an arrow function.
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* `block` {Function}
* `error` {RegExp|Function}
* `message` {any}

Expects the function `block` to throw an error.

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