NaN

Creates an Not-a-Number

Syntax

• NaN

• nan

• NaN(n)

• NaN(n, m)

Input argument

• n - a variable: n-by-n matrix

• m - a variable: n-by-m matrix

Description

NaN returns the IEEE symbol NaN (Not a Number).

NaN is the result of operations which do not produce a well defined numerical result.

Beware, you must never compare NaN with NaN, in this case, please use isnan.

Examples

NaN

3 + NaN

NaN != NaN
isnan(NaN)

See also

isnan.

History

Version	Description
1.0.0	initial version

Author

Allan CORNET