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2. JavaScript DataTypes

The document provides an overview of JavaScript data types, detailing the eight basic types: String, Number, BigInt, Boolean, undefined, null, Symbol, and Object. It explains JavaScript's dynamic and weak typing, where variables can change types and implicit type conversion occurs. Additionally, it highlights the distinction between primitive and non-primitive data types, emphasizing the immutability of primitive values and the mutability of objects.

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2. JavaScript DataTypes

The document provides an overview of JavaScript data types, detailing the eight basic types: String, Number, BigInt, Boolean, undefined, null, Symbol, and Object. It explains JavaScript's dynamic and weak typing, where variables can change types and implicit type conversion occurs. Additionally, it highlights the distinction between primitive and non-primitive data types, emphasizing the immutability of primitive values and the mutability of objects.

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JavaScript

Data Types
Contents

1. Overview

2. String

3. Number

4. BigInt

5. Boolean

6. null

7. Object

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1. Overview

Data types and Data Structure

Programming languages all have built-in data structures,

Dynamic and Weak Typing

JavaScript is a dynamic language with dynamic types.


let foo = 42; // foo is8 now a number
foo = "bar"; // foo is now a string
foo = true; // foo is now a boolean

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1. Overview

JavaScript is also a weakly typed language, which means it allows implicit type
conversion when an operation involves mismatched types, instead of throwing
errors.
const foo = 42; // foo is a number
const result = foo + "1"; // JavaScript coerces foo to a
string, so it can be concatenated with the other operand
console.log(result); // 421

Primitive Value

In JavaScript, primitive values are immutable — once a primitive value is created,


it cannot be changed. By contrast, objects and arrays are mutable by default —
their properties and elements can be changed without assigning a new value. 4
1. Overview

• Data types describe the different types or kinds of data that will be storing
in variables.

• In JS, there are 8 basic data types:


Data Types Description Example
String Represents textual data ‘hello’, ‘Chan Dara’, …
Number An integer or a floating-point number 3, 3.14, 3e-2, …
BigInt An integer with arbitrary precision 900719925124740999n, 1n, …
Boolean Any of two values: true or false true and false
undefined A data type whose variable is not initialized let a
null Denotes a null value let a = null
Symbol Data type whose instances are unique and immutable let a = Symbol(‘hello’)
Object Key-Value pairs of collection of data let student = { }
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1. Overview (cont.)

• All data types except Object are primitive data types, whereas Object is non-
primitive.

• Example:

const x = 5

const y = “Hello”
5 is an integer data.
"Hello" is a string data.

Conceptually, undefined indicates the absence of a value,


while null indicates the absence of an object
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1. Overview (cont.)

• JavaScript is a dynamically types (loosely typed) language.

• JavaScript automatically determines the variables’ data type for you.

• Example:
// data is of undefined type
let data;
// data is of integer type
data = 5;
// data is of string type
data = "JavaScript Programming";

• To find the type of a variable, you can use the typeof operator.
// data is of undefined type
typeof (variableName);

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2. String

• String is used to store text and they are surrounded by quotes:


• Single Quote (‘ ’)
• Double Quote (“ ”)
• Backtick (` `)

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3. Number

• Number represents integer and floating numbers.

• A number type can also be +Infinity, -Infinity, and NaN (not a number).

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4. BigInt

• In JS, Number type can only represent numbers less than (253-1) and more
than –(253-1).

• A BigInt number is created by appending n to the end of an integer.


BigInt was
introduced in the
newer version of
JavaScript and is
not supported by
many browsers
including Safari.

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5. Boolean

• Boolean represents one of two values: true or false.

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6. undefined

• The undefined data type represents value that is not assigned.

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7. null

• In JS, null is a special value that represents empty or unknown value.

• Note: null is not the same as NULL or Null.

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8. Object

• An object is a complex data type that allows us to store collections of data.

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Thank you
Perfect Practice, Does Perfect Thing

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