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Double.NaN == Double.NaN

 
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I just don't know,


This prints out a False and then a true:

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");

How can two special values be different?

 
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It's documented in the API.

NaN is the only quantity which is not equal to itself.

This is from the documentation for Double.

Note that in most cases, for two instances of class Double, d1 and d2, the value of d1.equals(d2) is true if and only if

d1.doubleValue() == d2.doubleValue()


also has the value true. However, there are two exceptions:

* If d1 and d2 both represent Double.NaN, then the equals method returns true, even though Double.NaN==Double.NaN has the value false.
 
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Thank you Keith!

I found it and put the API close at my side:

/*
Note that in most cases, for two instances of class Double, d1 and d2, the value of d1.equals(d2) is true if and only if

d1.doubleValue() == d2.doubleValue()


also has the value true. However, there are two exceptions:

* If d1 and d2 both represent Double.NaN, then the equals method returns true, even though Double.NaN==Double.NaN has the value false.
* If d1 represents +0.0 while d2 represents -0.0, or vice versa, the equal test has the value false, even though +0.0==-0.0 has the value true.

This definition allows hash tables to operate properly.

Overrides:
equals in class Object

*/

 
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equals() method compares the value in that object.Whereas, == compares the address of the object.
 
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"sriya",

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[ November 12, 2006: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]
 
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