NaN is designed to propagate through all calculations, infecting them like a virus, so if somewhere in your deep, complex calculations you hit upon a NaN, you don't bubble out a seemingly …

float('nan') represents NaN (not a number). But how do I check for it?

Apr 16, 2010 · 182 I just came across this technique in the book Effective JavaScript that is pretty simple: Since NaN is the only JavaScript value that is treated as unequal to itself, you can …

JavaScript automatic type conversion convert NaN into number, so checking if a number is not a number will always b false. and NaN !== NaN will be true.

NaN can be used as a numerical value on mathematical operations, while None cannot (or at least shouldn't). NaN is a numeric value, as defined in IEEE 754 floating-point standard. None …

Jul 24, 2013 · In numpy there are nan, NaN and NAN. What's the sense of having all three, do they differ or any of these can be used interchangeably?

I would like to know why some languages like R has both NA and NaN. What are the differences or are they equally the same? Is it really needed to have NA?

Oct 28, 2015 · I have a program that tries to shrink a double down to a desired number. The output I get is NaN. What does NaN mean in Java?

Dec 2, 2013 · nan not being equal to nan is part of the definition of nan, so that part's easy. As for nan in [nan] being True, that's because identity is tested before equality for containment in lists.

Jul 13, 2013 · nan stands for Not A Number, and this is not equal to 0. Although positive and negative infinity can be said to be symmetric about 0, the same can be said for any value n, …