--- title: "Why are used the Numberobject in JS?" description: "Why are used the Numberobject in JS?" author: "Ravi Vishwakarma" published: 2021-07-19 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93737/why-are-used-the-numberobject-in-js category: "web application" tags: ["web development", "javascript", "web application development"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # Why are used the Numberobject in JS? Why are used the Numberobject in JS? ## Answers ### Answer by user The Number object represents numerical date, either integers or floating-point numbers. In general, you do not need to worry about Number objects because the browser automatically converts number literals to instances of the number class. **Syntax** The syntax for creating a number object is as follows − var val-name = new Number(number); In the place of number, if you provide any non-number argument, then the argument cannot be converted into a number, it returns NaN (Not-a-Number). **Example1:** ```

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JavaScript Global Functions

parseInt() and parseFloat()

The global JavaScript function parseInt() converts strings to numbers:

``` \ ### Answer by Ethan Karla JavaScript enables the Number object to represent a numeric value. It can be integer or floating-point. The JavaScript Number object for representing floating-point numbers. With the help of Number() constructor, you can create Number object in JavaScript. for example: ``` Syntaxvar n=new Number(value); ``` If the value cannot be converted to a number, then it is NaN (not a number) which can be checked by the isNaN() method. ## Javascript Number Constants ``` MIN_VALUE Returns the largest minimum value.Max_VALUE Returns the largest maximum value. POSITIVE_INFINITY Returns a positive infinity, overflow value. NEGATIVE_INFINITY returns negative infinity, overflow value. NaN represents 'Not a Number' value. ``` Example ```

Number object example

``` Output ``` Number object example x : 17 Y : 102.7 Z : 130000 n : 16 ``` --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93737/why-are-used-the-numberobject-in-js Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.