Question on NAN

[Dinesh Tahiliani]

Consider the following code:
Scenario : 1
Float f1 = new Float(Float.NaN);
Float f2 = new Float(Float.NaN);
System.out.println( ""+ (f1 == f2)+" "+f1.equals(f2)+ " "+(Float.NaN == Float.NaN) );

Prints : false true false

Scenario 2 :
Float f1 = 0.0f;
Float f2 = -0.0f;
System.out.println(f1.equals(f2)); //Prints false
System.out.println(-0.0f == 0.0f); //Prints true


Can anyone please explain why ?
Source : own

[Jesper de Jong]

Scenario 1:

a. f1 and f2 are different objects, so comparing them with == returns false.
b. The Javadoc documentation of Float.equals() explains why this is so - look it up.
c. Float.NaN is defined to be not equal to anything, not even to NaN.

Scenario 2:

a. Again, see the Javadoc documentation of Float.equals(), it also explains this special case.
b. Zero is zero, there are not two mathematically separate values of negative and positive zero, so it's not strange that this returns true.

[Dinesh Tahiliani]

can you please provide me the link of JavaDoc Float.equals()
I willbe thankful to you

[Krishnamoorthy Vuyala Muralidharan]

Hi Dinesh

Here is the link below with the clear explanation of the behaviour of the method equals() for the Float class.

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Float.html#equals(java.lang.Object)

Hope this helps.

Greetings
Kris

[Matt Russell]

Originally posted by Dinesh Tahiliani:
can you please provide me the link of JavaDoc Float.equals()
I willbe thankful to you

Just wondering what was wrong with typing "javadoc float" into Google?

[Jesper de Jong]

Originally posted by Dinesh Tahiliani:
can you please provide me the link of JavaDoc Float.equals()
I willbe thankful to you

One important thing that any Java programmer must be familiar with is the Javadoc documentation of the standard Java classes.

It's a good idea to download the documentation and install it on your own computer, so that you have quick and easy access to it.

You can download it for Java SE 5.0 on the download page (scroll down to "J2SE 5.0 Documentation").

[Madhukar Ojha]

Scenarion 1
1 . f1 == f2 is false because they are refering to different objects .
2 . f1.equals(f2) true because they contain same data
3 . Flaot.Nan == Float.NaN is false because Two NaN are not same .

Scenarion 2
yoy shoul know that -0.0 = +0.0
1 . -0.0 == +0.0 is true .
2 . (new Float(-0.0)).equals(new Float(+0.0)) is false .

About NaN and -0.0 , +0.0 these are 2 special cases .

For more information , Please refer to Java 5 API spec .
For more information refer to java 5 API .

[Madhukar Ojha]

Scenario 1
1 . f1 == f2 is false because they are refering to different objects .
2 . f1.equals(f2) true because they contain same data
3 . Flaot.Nan == Float.NaN is false because Two NaN are not same .

Scenario 2
yoy shoul know that -0.0 = +0.0
1 . -0.0 == +0.0 is true .
2 . (new Float(-0.0)).equals(new Float(+0.0)) is false .

About NaN and -0.0 , +0.0 these are 2 special cases .

For more information , Please refer to Java 5 API spec .
For more information refer to java 5 API .[/QB]
[ June 25, 2008: Message edited by: Madhukar Ojha ]