JavaScript isNaN() Function returning unexpected result

Smith
Smith
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I am using isNan() method to check if a string is a valid number as:

var str='';
if(isNaN(str)){
  console.log('Not a Number!');
}else{
  console.log('Number!');
}

But it show 'Number'.

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Posted On: 25-Sep-2017 04:50

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ethanm
ethanm
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See isNaN() method behaviour as:

isNaN(123) //false
isNaN(-1.23) //false
isNaN(5-2) //false
isNaN(0) //false
isNaN('123') //false
isNaN('Hello') //true
isNaN('2017/12/12') //true
isNaN('') //false
isNaN(true) //false
isNaN(undefined) //true
isNaN('NaN') //true
isNaN(NaN) //true
isNaN(0 / 0) //true
Posted On: 25-Sep-2017 05:11
Brian
Brian
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The purpose of 'isNaN' is not really to test if something is not a number, but you can use it to test if something is the number NaN (since NaN===NaN returns false in JavaScript you can't use equality).

You should use 'typeof' instead, and then isNaN as:

if((typeof str) === 'number' && !isNaN(str))
Posted On: 26-Sep-2017 02:08
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