From d6f31dcc7d35a9b792e0eb0fd894aebaa1365e20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taejin Kim <rlaxowls1316@naver.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 10:17:49 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] lib: use bracket notation instead of startsWith/endsWith for
 single char

---
 lib/internal/socketaddress.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/internal/socketaddress.js b/lib/internal/socketaddress.js
index 724ffd90cf77f1..28696d6cc87f6e 100644
--- a/lib/internal/socketaddress.js
+++ b/lib/internal/socketaddress.js
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class SocketAddress {
         hostname: address,
         port,
       } = URLParse(`http://${input}`);
-      if (address.startsWith('[') && address.endsWith(']')) {
+      if (address[0] === '[' && address[address.length - 1] === ']') {
         return new SocketAddress({
           address: address.slice(1, -1),
           port: port | 0,