pls help on NaN

[teja kumar]

public class MA {
public static void main(String ags[]){
if ((0.0/0.0)==Double.NaN)
System.out.print (0.0/0.0);
System.out.print ("not equal");
}
}
can anyone tell me why output is not equal rather than NaN?
ready

[Savithri Devaraj]

Originally posted by ready:
public class MA {
public static void main(String ags[]){
if ((0.0/0.0)==Double.NaN)
System.out.print (0.0/0.0);
System.out.print ("not equal");
}
}
can anyone tell me why output is not equal rather than NaN?
ready

I remember reading this in RHE. Even (Double.NaN == Double.NaN) returns false. It is just the nature of NaN - it is not a finite quality that can be used for comparison.
Savithri

[Carl Trusiak]

It's discussed fully here http://www.javaranch.com/ubb/Forum24/HTML/002376.html

[Anonymous]

double d1=Double.NaN;
double d2=Double.NaN;
Double D1=new Double(Double.NaN);
Double D2=new Double(Double.NaN);
// always false
if (Double.NaN==Double.NaN) System.out.println("Never Equal");
// true
if (D1.equals(D2)) System.out.println("D1.equals(D2)");
//true
if(D1.isNaN()) System.out.println("D1 is NaN");