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[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
('b' + 'a' + + 'a' + 'a').toLowerCase()

Returns "banana"

[–] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] somedev@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm guessing the + + in the middle returns NaN

[–] gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Indeed, the unary plus operator tries to convert whatever is after it to a number if it isn't already. Since 'a' is not a valid number, it returns NaN (not a number)