Math and numbers
Widely available since 2018-01-29
The number type (and Number object) represents floating-point numbers, such as 42 or -4.201, while the Math API contains mathematical functions and constants. JavaScript can also represent boundless negative and positive values as Infinity or not-a-number as NaN (as in 0 * Infinity).
Learning resources on MDN
Browser support
- Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
- Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
- Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
- Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
- Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
- Safari 1 Released on 2003-06-23
- Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29
Specifications
- ECMAScript Language Specification (#sec-number-objects), from TC39 (Ecma International).