[SOLVED] Is there a better way to code if within if statement

Is there a better way to code if within if statement

I'm wondering if there is a cleaner way to write this javascript code. if within if seems pretty average. Happy to use es5/es6 if possible. Basically, I'm checking to see if a variable exists, if it does exist I want to make sure the url contains https and update it if it doesn't.

if (blogURL) {
  if (!/^https?:\/\//i.test(blogURL)) {
      var blogURL = 'http://' + blogURL;
  }
}

Solution

Use && to test both conditions in a single if statement and remove the var as you presumably just want to update the existing variable, not look like you're trying to define a new variable.

if (blogURL && !/^https?:\/\//i.test(blogURL)) {
     blogURL = 'http://' + blogURL;
}

This works because if the first conditional test fails, then the second conditional test is not executed. This is a common way to do something like this in Javascript.