README.md

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> Returns true if the value is a finite number.

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## Install

Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):

```sh
$ npm install --save is-number
```

## Why is this needed?

In JavaScript, it's not always as straightforward as it should be to reliably check if a value is a number. It's common for devs to use `+`, `-`, or `Number()` to cast a string value to a number (for example, when values are returned from user input, regex matches, parsers, etc). But there are many non-intuitive edge cases that yield unexpected results:

```js
console.log(+[]); //=> 0
console.log(+''); //=> 0
console.log(+'   '); //=> 0
console.log(typeof NaN); //=> 'number'
```

This library offers a performant way to smooth out edge cases like these.

## Usage

```js
const isNumber = require('is-number');
```

See the [tests](./test.js) for more examples.

### true

```js
isNumber(5e3);               // true
isNumber(0xff);              // true
isNumber(-1.1);              // true
isNumber(0);                 // true
isNumber(1);                 // true
isNumber(1.1);               // true
isNumber(10);                // true
isNumber(10.10);             // true
isNumber(100);               // true
isNumber('-1.1');            // true
isNumber('0');               // true
isNumber('012');             // true
isNumber('0xff');            // true
isNumber('1');               // true
isNumber('1.1');             // true
isNumber('10');              // true
isNumber('10.10');           // true
isNumber('100');             // true
isNumber('5e3');             // true
isNumber(parseInt('012'));   // true
isNumber(parseFloat('012')); // true
```

### False

Everything else is false, as you would expect:

```js
isNumber(Infinity);          // false
isNumber(NaN);               // false
isNumber(null);              // false
isNumber(undefined);         // false
isNumber('');                // false
isNumber('   ');             // false
isNumber('foo');             // false
isNumber([1]);               // false
isNumber([]);                // false
isNumber(function () {});    // false
isNumber({});                // false
```

## Release history

### 7.0.0

* Refactor. Now uses `.isFinite` if it exists.
* Performance is about the same as v6.0 when the value is a string or number. But it's now 3x-4x faster when the value is not a string or number.

### 6.0.0

* Optimizations, thanks to @benaadams.

### 5.0.0

**Breaking changes**

* removed support for `instanceof Number` and `instanceof String`

## Benchmarks

As with all benchmarks, take these with a grain of salt. See the [benchmarks](./benchmark/index.js) for more detail.

```
# all
v7.0 x 413,222 ops/sec ±2.02% (86 runs sampled)
v6.0 x 111,061 ops/sec ±1.29% (85 runs sampled)
parseFloat x 317,596 ops/sec ±1.36% (86 runs sampled)
fastest is 'v7.0'

# string
v7.0 x 3,054,496 ops/sec ±1.05% (89 runs sampled)
v6.0 x 2,957,781 ops/sec ±0.98% (88 runs sampled)
parseFloat x 3,071,060 ops/sec ±1.13% (88 runs sampled)
fastest is 'parseFloat,v7.0'

# number
v7.0 x 3,146,895 ops/sec ±0.89% (89 runs sampled)
v6.0 x 3,214,038 ops/sec ±1.07% (89 runs sampled)
parseFloat x 3,077,588 ops/sec ±1.07% (87 runs sampled)
fastest is 'v6.0'
```

## About

<details>
<summary><strong>Contributing</strong></summary>

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).

</details>

<details>
<summary><strong>Running Tests</strong></summary>

Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:

```sh
$ npm install && npm test
```

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### Related projects

You might also be interested in these projects:

* [is-plain-object](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-plain-object): Returns true if an object was created by the `Object` constructor. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-plain-object "Returns true if an object was created by the `Object` constructor.")
* [is-primitive](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-primitive): Returns `true` if the value is a primitive.  | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-primitive "Returns `true` if the value is a primitive. ")
* [isobject](https://www.npmjs.com/package/isobject): Returns true if the value is an object and not an array or null. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/isobject "Returns true if the value is an object and not an array or null.")
* [kind-of](https://www.npmjs.com/package/kind-of): Get the native type of a value. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/kind-of "Get the native type of a value.")

### Contributors

| **Commits** | **Contributor** | 
| --- | --- |
| 49 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) |
| 5 | [charlike-old](https://github.com/charlike-old) |
| 1 | [benaadams](https://github.com/benaadams) |
| 1 | [realityking](https://github.com/realityking) |

### Author

**Jon Schlinkert**

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### License

Copyright © 2018, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).
Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).

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