In JavaScript, the loose equality operator (==) compares two values after converting them to a common type.

In this case, 5 (a number) and "5" (a string) are being compared.

Since the loose equality operator performs type coercion, the string "5" will be coerced into a number before comparison.

Both "5" and 5 represent the same numeric value, so the comparison 5 == 5 evaluates to true.

Therefore, the variable result will hold the value true, and the alert() function will display a dialog box with the message "true".