Chapter 19. The Math, Number, Boolean, and Array Objects

The Math, Number, Boolean, and Array Objects

In this chapter, we’ll take a look at the Math, Number, Boolean, and Array JavaScript objects. Except for the Boolean object, we’ve seen all these objects already, but we’ve never taken a systematic look at them and listed all their properties and methods. We’ll do that in this chapter, starting with the Math object.

The Math Object

The Math object gives you access to powerful math routines, such as log, sqrt, and pow (which raises values to various powers). We’ve already seen the Math object in the book every now and then when we had to round off numbers or find absolute values. You can see ...

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