JavaScript: Check if a given argument is a number

JavaScript fundamental (ES6 Syntax): Exercise-195 with Solution

Write a JavaScript program to check if a given argument is a number.

• Use typeof to check if a value is classified as a number primitive.
• To safeguard against NaN, check if val === val (as NaN has a typeof equal to number and is the only value not equal to itself).

Sample Solution:

JavaScript Code:

//#Source https://bit.ly/2neWfJ2 
const isNumber = val => typeof val === 'number';

console.log(isNumber('1'));
console.log(isNumber(1));

Sample Output:

false
true

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Live Demo:

See the Pen javascript-basic-exercise-195-1 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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