Unquoted literal constant NaN is a special value representing Not-a-Number. Since NaN always compares unequal to any number, including NaN, it is usually used to indicate an error condition for a function that should return a valid number.
Note − Use the isNaN() global function to see if a value is an NaN value.
The syntax to use NaN is −
var val = Number.NaN;
Try the following example to learn how to use NaN.
<html> <head> <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- function showValue() { var dayOfMonth = 50; if (dayOfMonth < 1 || dayOfMonth > 31) { dayOfMonth = Number.NaN alert("Day of Month must be between 1 and 31.") } Document.write("Value of dayOfMonth : " + dayOfMonth ); } //--> </script> </head> <body> <p>Click the following to see the result:</p> <form> <input type="button" value="Click Me" onclick="showValue();" /> </form> </body> </html>
Day of Month must be between 1 and 31