How to Check NaN in JavaScript
Checking if a value is NaN
in JavaScript can be tricky. This is because you canβt use the typeof
operator since the type of NaN
is surprisingly number
.
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// This will return "number" as a type
typeof NaN
You also canβt do value === NaN
since NaN
is not equal to itself. But since it does not equal to itself, we can check the value against itself: value !== value
.
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// We can't do triple equal either since NaN is not equal to itself
value === NaN // retun false
NaN === NaN // return false
// If the value is not equal to itself, we can be sure it is NaN
value !== value
We can also use the new Number.isNaN()
function introduced in ES6:
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Number.isNaN(value);
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