Number – Creates a wrapper object to allow you to work with numerical values.
Description
new Number([number number])
Parameters
Name
Description
Type
Default
Optional
number
number
Yes
Examples
Example #1 – number example
Three ways of creating a new number.
var num = new Number(1000); // Creates a new number object.
console.log(num); // The Number object.
var num = 1000; // Create a new number primitive.
console.log(num); // The number 1000.
var expression = new Date("January 1, 2011");
var num = Number(expression); // Used to convert a non-number to a number primitive.
console.log(num); // The timestamp in milliseconds 1293836400000.