JS: Number (class)

By Xah Lee. Date: 2017-03-24. Last updated: 2026-10-29.

What is the Keyword “Number”

Purpose of Number is:

A Primitive Value object wrapper.
Used as a namespace to hold static methods.
Holds the property key "prototype". Its value is the parent of all number object.

Number.NaN

Value is NaN.

console.assert(
 Object.is(globalThis.NaN, Number.NaN),
);

console.assert(
 Number.isNaN(Number.NaN),
);

Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY

Value is -Infinity.

console.assert(
 Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY === -Infinity,
);

Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY

Value is +Infinity.

console.assert(
 Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY === Infinity,
);