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Number.NaN

The Number.NaN static data property represents Not-A-Number, which is equivalent to NaN. For more information about the behaviors of NaN, see the description for the global property.

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Value

The number value NaN.

Property attributes of Number.NaN
Writable no
Enumerable no
Configurable no

Description

Because NaN is a static property of Number, you always use it as Number.NaN, rather than as a property of a number value.

Examples

Checking whether values are numeric

js
function sanitize(x) {
  if (isNaN(x)) {
    return Number.NaN;
  }
  return x;
}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile Server
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android Deno Node.js
NaN 1 12 1 3 1 18 4 10.1 1 1.0 4.4 1.0 0.10.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Number/NaN