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Just like any other programming language JavaScript also have data types. Data types are types which we can assign to variables.As told earlier in other languages, we declare them when declaring a variable. But in JavaScript, we declare variables using var. Two other variable declarations were also introduced in ES6 – let and const.But none of them tells whether a variable is a Number, string or Boolean. Whatever we assign to the variable, its type becomes that.In JavaScript, the data types are broadly classified as Primitives or Objects. We will discuss Primitives here.In JavaScript, there are six primitive data types:BooleanNumberStringNullUndefinedSymbol (Introduced in ES6)JavaScript BooleanA boolean represents only one of two values: true, or false. Think of a boolean as an on/off or a yes/no switch.var boo1 = true; var boo2 = false;NumberTraditional programming languages like C, C++ and Java generally have many number types like integer, float, double. But there is only one type of Number in JavaScript. The Number type is a double-precision 64-bit binary format. Numbers can be written with or without a decimal point. A number can also be +Infinity, -Infinity, and NaN (not a number). To check the value in +Infinity, -Infinity we can use constants Number.MAX_VALUE and Number.MIN_VALUE.var num1 = 32; var num2 = +Infinity; console.log(num1);  //32 console.log(num2);  //Infinity console.log(Number.MAX_VALUE); //1.7976931348623157e+308 console.log(Number.MIN_VALUE); //5e-324 console.log("abc"/2); //NaNStringStrings are used for storing text. Strings must be inside of either double(") or single(') quotes. Most recently in ES6 a new quotes was introduced and it’s with tilde(`).In JavaScript, Strings are immutable (they cannot be changed).var str1 = 'hello, it is me'; var str2 = "hello, it's me"; var str3 = `hello, it’s me`;NullNull has one value: null. It is explicitly nothing. It is useful in JS programming to sometime assign a variable null value.var nothing = null;UndefinedA variable that has no value is undefined. When we first declare a variable as in the statements below, the value of undefined is assigned by the JS compiler.var testVar; console.log(testVar); // undefined testVar = 3; console.log(testVar); // 3SymbolSymbols are the new primitive data-type introduced in ES6. Symbols are unique an immutable data-type. They are tokens that can be used as unique ids.Two Symbols are never the same, even if they are declared as same. Consider the below example.let symbol1 = Symbol(); let symbol2 = Symbol(); console.log(symbol1 === symbol2); //Output - false
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JavaScript Tutorial

Primitive Data Types

Just like any other programming language JavaScript also have data types. Data types are types which we can assign to variables.

As told earlier in other languages, we declare them when declaring a variable. But in JavaScript, we declare variables using var. Two other variable declarations were also introduced in ES6 – let and const.

But none of them tells whether a variable is a Number, string or Boolean. Whatever we assign to the variable, its type becomes that.

In JavaScript, the data types are broadly classified as Primitives or Objects. We will discuss Primitives here.

In JavaScript, there are six primitive data types:

  • Boolean
  • Number
  • String
  • Null
  • Undefined
  • Symbol (Introduced in ES6)

JavaScript Boolean

A boolean represents only one of two values: true, or false. Think of a boolean as an on/off or a yes/no switch.

var boo1 = true;
var boo2 = false;

Number

Traditional programming languages like C, C++ and Java generally have many number types like integer, float, double. But there is only one type of Number in JavaScript. The Number type is a double-precision 64-bit binary format. Numbers can be written with or without a decimal point. A number can also be +Infinity, -Infinity, and NaN (not a number). To check the value in +Infinity, -Infinity we can use constants Number.MAX_VALUE and Number.MIN_VALUE.

var num1 = 32;
var num2 = +Infinity;
console.log(num1);  //32
console.log(num2);  //Infinity
console.log(Number.MAX_VALUE); //1.7976931348623157e+308
console.log(Number.MIN_VALUE); //5e-324
console.log("abc"/2); //NaN

String

Strings are used for storing text. Strings must be inside of either double(") or single(') quotes. Most recently in ES6 a new quotes was introduced and it’s with tilde(`).
In JavaScript, Strings are immutable (they cannot be changed).

var str1 = 'hello, it is me';
var str2 = "hello, it's me";
var str3 = `hello, it’s me`;

Null

Null has one value: null. It is explicitly nothing. It is useful in JS programming to sometime assign a variable null value.

var nothing = null;

Undefined

A variable that has no value is undefined. When we first declare a variable as in the statements below, the value of undefined is assigned by the JS compiler.

var testVar;
console.log(testVar); // undefined
testVar = 3;
console.log(testVar); // 3

Symbol

Symbols are the new primitive data-type introduced in ES6. Symbols are unique an immutable data-type. They are tokens that can be used as unique ids.
Two Symbols are never the same, even if they are declared as same. Consider the below example.

let symbol1 = Symbol();
let symbol2 = Symbol();
console.log(symbol1 === symbol2); //Output - false

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