Why does alert(0.-5) print -5?












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Suppose I write 0.5 as 0.-5 in unexpected way, but it can still run, my question is , what does "0." in "0.-5" do so that it can still run and prints -5?



I also tried alert(0.-5+1) , which prints -4, does javascript ignores "0." in "0.-5"?










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    0. is like 0.0. Or just 0.

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Suppose I write 0.5 as 0.-5 in unexpected way, but it can still run, my question is , what does "0." in "0.-5" do so that it can still run and prints -5?



I also tried alert(0.-5+1) , which prints -4, does javascript ignores "0." in "0.-5"?










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    0. is like 0.0. Or just 0.

    – Ry-
    4 hours ago
















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Suppose I write 0.5 as 0.-5 in unexpected way, but it can still run, my question is , what does "0." in "0.-5" do so that it can still run and prints -5?



I also tried alert(0.-5+1) , which prints -4, does javascript ignores "0." in "0.-5"?










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Suppose I write 0.5 as 0.-5 in unexpected way, but it can still run, my question is , what does "0." in "0.-5" do so that it can still run and prints -5?



I also tried alert(0.-5+1) , which prints -4, does javascript ignores "0." in "0.-5"?







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    0. is like 0.0. Or just 0.

    – Ry-
    4 hours ago
















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    0. is like 0.0. Or just 0.

    – Ry-
    4 hours ago










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0. is like 0.0. Or just 0.

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Trailing digits after a . are optional:






console.log(0. === 0);





So



0.-5


evalutes to



0 - 5


which is just -5. Similarly,



0.-5+1


is



0 - 5 + 1


which is



-5 + 1


or -4.






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    In JS you can express a number with optional decimal point.



    x = 5.;    //5
    x = 5. + 6. //11





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    • You can even do 5..toString().

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    Trailing digits after a . are optional:






    console.log(0. === 0);





    So



    0.-5


    evalutes to



    0 - 5


    which is just -5. Similarly,



    0.-5+1


    is



    0 - 5 + 1


    which is



    -5 + 1


    or -4.






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      11














      Trailing digits after a . are optional:






      console.log(0. === 0);





      So



      0.-5


      evalutes to



      0 - 5


      which is just -5. Similarly,



      0.-5+1


      is



      0 - 5 + 1


      which is



      -5 + 1


      or -4.






      share|improve this answer


























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        Trailing digits after a . are optional:






        console.log(0. === 0);





        So



        0.-5


        evalutes to



        0 - 5


        which is just -5. Similarly,



        0.-5+1


        is



        0 - 5 + 1


        which is



        -5 + 1


        or -4.






        share|improve this answer













        Trailing digits after a . are optional:






        console.log(0. === 0);





        So



        0.-5


        evalutes to



        0 - 5


        which is just -5. Similarly,



        0.-5+1


        is



        0 - 5 + 1


        which is



        -5 + 1


        or -4.






        console.log(0. === 0);





        console.log(0. === 0);






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            In JS you can express a number with optional decimal point.



            x = 5.;    //5
            x = 5. + 6. //11





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            In JS you can express a number with optional decimal point.



            x = 5.;    //5
            x = 5. + 6. //11





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            • You can even do 5..toString().

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            In JS you can express a number with optional decimal point.



            x = 5.;    //5
            x = 5. + 6. //11





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            In JS you can express a number with optional decimal point.



            x = 5.;    //5
            x = 5. + 6. //11






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            • You can even do 5..toString().

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            • You can even do 5..toString().

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            You can even do 5..toString().

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