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Double.NaN question

 
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Can anybody tell me why(the reason) C is right for following question?
The following code will print
1: Double a = new Double(Double.NaN);
2: Double b = new Double(Double.NaN);
3:
4: if( Double.NaN == Double.NaN )
5: System.out.println("True");
6: else
7: System.out.println("False");
8:
9: if( a.equals(b) )
10: System.out.println("True");
11: else
12: System.out.println("False");
A) True
True
B) True
False
C) False
True
D) False
False
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Ewww that is tricky! We know that Double.NaN == Double.NaN as a comparison of double values returns false, so naturally we expect the equals method to fail too.
Unfortunately, the Double equals method is:
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
return (obj != null)
&& (obj instanceof Double)
&& (doubleToLongBits(((Double)obj).value) ==
doubleToLongBits(value));
}
which instead of comparing double == double uses the doubleToLongBits conversion so the == ends up comparing the bit patterns - which are equal. This unexpected result IS cited in the Javadocs.
Bill


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