`isNaN` vs `Number.isNaN` (hint: use the latter)

Chalk this up to JavaScript is just weird. The isNaN function returns some surprising values:

> isNaN(NaN)
true

> isNaN({})
true

> isNaN('word')
true

> isNaN(true)
false

> isNaN([])
false

> isNaN(1)
false

What's going on here? Per MDN, the value is first coerced to a number (like with Number(value)) and then if the result is NaN it returns true.

Number.isNaN is a little bit more literal:

> Number.isNaN(NaN)
true

> Number.isNaN({})
false

> Number.isNaN('word')
false

> Number.isNaN(true)
false

> Number.isNaN([])
false

> Number.isNaN(1)
false

So, if you really want to know if a value is NaN use Number.isNaN

I learned about this via Lydia Hallie's Javascript Questions