--- title: Unary plus (+) slug: Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Unary_plus translation_of: Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Unary_plus ---
The unary plus operator (+) precedes its operand and evaluates to its operand but attempts to convert it into a number, if it isn't already.
Operator: +x
Although unary negation (-) also can convert non-numbers, unary plus is the fastest and preferred way of converting something into a number, because it does not perform any other operations on the number. It can convert string representations of integers and floats, as well as the non-string values true, false, and null. Integers in both decimal and hexadecimal (0x-prefixed) formats are supported. Negative numbers are supported (though not for hex). Using the operator on BigInt values throws a TypeError. If it cannot parse a particular value, it will evaluate to {{jsxref("NaN")}}.
const x = 1; const y = -1; console.log(+x); // 1 console.log(+y); // -1
+true // 1
+false // 0
+null // 0
+function(val){ return val } // NaN
+1n // throws TypeError: Cannot convert BigInt value to number
| Specification |
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| {{SpecName('ESDraft', '#sec-unary-plus-operator', 'Unary plus operator')}} |
{{Compat("javascript.operators.unary_plus")}}