In the final bullet point on P 35 you state 'if the string contains anything other than these previous formats, it is converted to NaN'

Well what about negative numbers? So "-35" wouldn't return NaN would it?

Negative numbers are identical to their positive counterparts. NaN is literally for things that aren't a number.

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You aren't telling me anything I don't already know here! I was pointing out to the author, the omission of negative numbers in his list of bullet points made the final 'catch-all' statement invalid.

Yes, you are correct, the wording should be changed. I'll make sure this gets updated.

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