How to determine if a number is odd in JavaScript

Question

Can anyone point me to some code to determine if a number in JavaScript is even or odd?

Answer 1

Using % will help you to do this...

You can create couple of functions to do it for you... I prefer separte functions which are not attached to Number in Javascript like this which also checking if you passing number or not:

odd function:

var isOdd = function(num) {
  return 'number'!==typeof num ? 'NaN' : !!(num % 2);
};

even function:

var isEven = function(num) {
  return isOdd(num)==='NaN' ? isOdd(num) : !isOdd(num);
};

and call it like this:

isOdd(5); // true
isOdd(6); // false
isOdd(12); // false
isOdd(18); // false
isEven(18); // true
isEven('18'); // 'NaN'
isEven('17'); // 'NaN'
isOdd(null); // 'NaN'
isEven('100'); // true