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When do I get this error?
The "Use the isNaN function to compare with NaN" error is thrown when JSLint,
JSHint and ESLint encounter a comparison in which one side is NaN. In the
following example we attempt to convert a string into a number with the
parseInt function, which returns NaN when it can't perform such a
conversion:
​x
 
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var x = parseInt("myString", 10);
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if (x === NaN) {
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    x = 10;
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}
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​
JSLint found 1 error
Which linter should be used for this code snippet:
 JSLint JSHint ESLint
Which version of the linter should be used:
Update
Version 2015-09-23
Line 1:
Use the isNaN function to compare with NaN.

Why do I get this error?
This error is raised to highlight code that doesn't work as you expect it
to. Your code will run without error, but will not behave as you expect. NaN
is a special value of the Number type. It's used to represent any of the
"not-a-number" values represented by the double-precision 64-bit format as
specified by the IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic. NaN has
the unique property of not being equal to anything, including itself. That is
to say, that the condition NaN !== NaN evaluates to true.
The strict equality comparison algorithm (ES5 §11.9.6)
specifically handles the NaN value:

The comparison x === y, where x and y are values, produces true or
false. Such a comparison is performed as follows:

    ...

    4. If Type(x) is Number, then

        a. If x is NaN, return
false.

        b. If y is NaN, return
false.

        ...

The abstract equality comparison algorithm (ES5 §11.9.3)
behaves in exactly the same way. This means that when you attempt to compare
something to NaN, the condition will always evaluate to false.
To fix this error, as the message suggests, you can use the isNaN function,
which is a built-in property of the global object. It's defined in ES5
§15.1.2.4 and simply returns true if its argument coerces
to NaN, and false if it does not:
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var x = parseInt("myString", 10);
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if (isNaN(x)) {
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    x = 10;
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}
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​
JSLint found no errors
Which linter should be used for this code snippet:
 JSLint JSHint ESLint
Which version of the linter should be used:
Update
Version 2015-09-23

In JSHint 1.0.0 and above you have the ability to ignore any warning with a
special option syntax. The identifier of this warning is W019.
This means you can tell JSHint to not issue this warning with the /*jshint
-W019 */ directive.
In ESLint the rule that generates this warning is named use-isnan. You can
disable it by setting it to 0, or enable it by setting it to 1.