How to turn NaN from parseInt into 0 for an empty string?

Question

Is it possible somehow to return 0 instead of NaN when parsing values in JavaScript?

In case of the empty string parseInt returns NaN.

Is it possible to do something like that in JavaScript to check for NaN?

var value = parseInt(tbb) == NaN ? 0 : parseInt(tbb)

Or maybe there is another function or jQuery plugin which may do something similar?

Answer 1

var s = '';
var num = parseInt(s) || 0;

When not used with boolean values, the logical OR || operator returns the first expression parseInt(s) if it can be evaluated to true, otherwise it returns the second expression 0. The return value of parseInt('') is NaN. NaN evaluates to false, so num ends up being set to 0.

Answer 2

You can also use the isNaN() function:

var s = ''
var num = isNaN(parseInt(s)) ? 0 : parseInt(s)

Answer 3

I was surprised to not see anyone mention using Number(). Granted it will parse decimals if provided, so will act differently than parseInt(), however it already assumes base 10 and will turn "" or even " " in to 0.