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digitalmars.D - Check floats for .nan

reply Acarion <asdfa asf .com> writes:
I have this code:

float number=getFloat();
assert(number!=float.nan); //this passes
assert(to!(char[])(number)!="nan"); //this fails
writefln(string.toString(number)); //this outputs: "nan"
writefln( to!(char[])(to!(long)(number)) ); //this generates an error

What did I do wrong?
Oct 07 2007
parent reply BCS <ao pathlink.com> writes:
Reply to acarion,

 I have this code:
 
 float number=getFloat();
 assert(number!=float.nan); //this passes
IIRC this will also pass: assert(float.nan != float.nan); this is because D used IEEE floating point semantics. Under IEEE a comparison with NaN will always be not equal If you want to test for nan use "testedValue !<>= 0"* or the isnan function
 assert(to!(char[])(number)!="nan"); //this fails
 writefln(string.toString(number)); //this outputs: "nan"
 writefln( to!(char[])(to!(long)(number)) ); //this generates an error
 What did I do wrong?
 
* this is the not grater than, less than, or equal to operator.
Oct 07 2007
next sibling parent Daniel Keep <daniel.keep.lists gmail.com> writes:
BCS wrote:
 Reply to acarion,
 
 I have this code:

 float number=getFloat();
 assert(number!=float.nan); //this passes
IIRC this will also pass: assert(float.nan != float.nan); this is because D used IEEE floating point semantics. Under IEEE a comparison with NaN will always be not equal If you want to test for nan use "testedValue !<>= 0"* or the isnan function
You can also use (x!=x) to test to see if x is NaN, and (x==x) to make sure it is not NaN. -- Daniel
Oct 07 2007
prev sibling next sibling parent reply "Janice Caron" <caron800 googlemail.com> writes:
On 10/7/07, BCS <ao pathlink.com> wrote:
 If you want to test for nan use "testedValue !<>= 0"
Are we really sure about that? If testedValue is complex (with non-zero real part) then it will not be less than 0, it will not be greater than zero, and it will not be equal to zero. But it will also not be NaN.
Oct 07 2007
parent Nathan Reed <nathaniel.reed gmail.com> writes:
Janice Caron wrote:
 On 10/7/07, BCS <ao pathlink.com> wrote:
 If you want to test for nan use "testedValue !<>= 0"
Are we really sure about that? If testedValue is complex (with non-zero real part) then it will not be less than 0, it will not be greater than zero, and it will not be equal to zero. But it will also not be NaN.
I believe you'd get a type error in that case (real and creal can't be directly compared, etc.) Haven't tried it though. Thanks, Nathan Reed
Oct 07 2007
prev sibling parent Sean Kelly <sean f4.ca> writes:
BCS wrote:
 Reply to acarion,
 
 I have this code:

 float number=getFloat();
 assert(number!=float.nan); //this passes
IIRC this will also pass: assert(float.nan != float.nan); this is because D used IEEE floating point semantics. Under IEEE a comparison with NaN will always be not equal If you want to test for nan use "testedValue !<>= 0"* or the isnan function
I tend to use: testedValue !<>= testedValue Though I've occasionally wondered whether the 'is' identity operator should work for checking against nan: testedValue is float.nan Sean
Oct 07 2007