I have below months.txt file in which I have the content:

January
February
March

Then I read the content of the file into an array using below code:

var data=fs.readFileSync('./months.txt');
data=data.toString().split("\n");

Then I send this data array as ejs variable to front end(data array has name of all months):

res.render("file.ejs",{months: data});

I am using the data array in ejs file as:

<select name="month">
<option value="<%= months[0] %>">January</option>
<option value="<%= months[1] %>">February</option>
<option value="<%= months[2] %>">March</option>
</select>

When the chosen item in above dropdown is sent to the server, correct month name is being prined, but now comes the problem. If I select February and do this:

console.log(req.body.month);// prints February
console.log(req.body.month=="February");// prints false

What could be the possible reason behind this? Any suggestions are most welcomed!

EDIT: I just printed data array and it contains this strange elements: [ 'January\r', 'February\r', 'March\r' ] What is this \r? Maybe because of this comparison is returning false.