How do you check that a number is NaN in JavaScript?
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
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
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?
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.
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?
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
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