For those unfamiliar with the magic behind this, the rough outline goes like this:
++ is an operator to increment a number.
The string 'a' can’t be incremented, because it’s not a number. ++'a' thus evaluates to NaN (Not a Number), which in turn is converted to the string 'NaN'.
The string concatenation expression is thus equivalent to 'b' + 'a' + 'NaN' + 'a' which evaluates to 'baNaNa' and is then lowercased to 'banana'.
(You could get more pedantic about the exact evaluation mechanisms and order, but if you’re proficient enough to make sense of that, you probably didn’t need the explanation in the first place)
For those unfamiliar with the magic behind this, the rough outline goes like this:
++is an operator to increment a number.The string
'a'can’t be incremented, because it’s not a number.++'a'thus evaluates toNaN(Not a Number), which in turn is converted to the string'NaN'.The string concatenation expression is thus equivalent to
'b' + 'a' + 'NaN' + 'a'which evaluates to'baNaNa'and is then lowercased to'banana'.(You could get more pedantic about the exact evaluation mechanisms and order, but if you’re proficient enough to make sense of that, you probably didn’t need the explanation in the first place)