That is just the kind of Stack content I hope this feature will help bump 😄
The answer is pretty great
+'a' resolves to NaN ("Not a Number") because it coerces a string to a number, while the character a cannot be parsed as a number
+'a'
NaN
a
console.log(+'a')
banana
Adding NaN to "ba" turns NaN into the string "NaN" due to type…
"ba"
"NaN"
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That is just the kind of Stack content I hope this feature will help bump 😄
The answer is pretty great
+'a'resolves toNaN("Not a Number") because it coerces a string to a number, while the characteracannot be parsed as a numberbanana.Adding
NaNto"ba"turnsNaNinto the string"NaN"due to type…