Number

In {{Glossary("JavaScript")}}, Number is a numeric data type in the double-precision 64-bit floating point format (IEEE 754). In other programming languages different numeric types exist; for example, Integers, Floats, Doubles, or Bignums.

See also

• Numeric types on Wikipedia
• The JavaScript type: Number
• The JavaScript global object {{jsxref("Number")}}
• Related glossary terms:
  • {{Glossary("JavaScript")}}
  • {{Glossary("Primitive")}}