TypeScript isNan only accepts a number

Question

I work with WebStorm 2016.2.2, TypeScript 2.1, Node.js.

For some reason, isNan is declared as a function that only accepts a number:

declare function isNaN(number: number): boolean; 

I tried to change it to any, but it looks like it doesn't influence on the TSC. I still get the same error:

Argument of type 'string' is not assignable to parameter of type 'number'

My code (simplified):

isNan("10"); 

How can I solve/workaround it?

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Edit:

Notice that according to specification, isNan's parameter can be any type: Number.isNan()

Also: My code was simplified. I actually receive a parameter that may be either a string or a number, and if it's a string it may be either a stringy number that I would like to convert to number ("10") or a simple string ("Hello world").

I didn't want to make this question long by including my entire code, but because it caused confusion, this is my real code:

            if (typeof expectedValue === "string" && !isNaN(expectedValue)) {                     expectedValue = +expectedValue;                 }              if (typeof actualValue === "string" && !isNaN(ctualValue)) {                 actualValue = +actualValue;             }              switch (this.operator) {                 case Operator.equal:                     return actualValue == expectedValue;                 case Operator.notEqual:                     return actualValue === undefined || actualValue != expectedValue;                 case Operator.greaterThan:                     return actualValue > expectedValue;                 case Operator.littleThan:                     return actualValue < expectedValue;                 case Operator.greaterOrEqual:                     return actualValue >= expectedValue;                 case Operator.littleOrEqual:                     return actualValue <= expectedValue;             } 

Answer 1

I advise you to implement your code differently.
The reasons:

1. It might be short, but it's not easy to understand what's going on
2. Using isNaN isn't the best option here: isNaN("") returns false as well

You better try to convert the value into a number and check if that's NaN or not (as @smnbbrv wrote):

if (typeof expectedValue === "string" && !Number.isNaN(Number(expectedValue))) {     expectedValue = Number(expectedValue); } 

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Edit

You can pass your value as any:

isNaN(ctualValue as any) 

To bypass the compiler check.

Answer 2

You should not solve it because this is how JavaScript works.

Just cast the input to number first

Number("10") // 10 Number("abc") // NaN 

and then check the result with the isNan function:

isNaN(Number("abc"))