NaN

Creates an Not-a-Number

📝Syntax

NaN
nan
NaN(n)
NaN(n, m)
NaN(n, classname)
NaN(n, m, classname)
NaN(classname)

📥Input Arguments

Parameter	Description
n	a scalar integer: number of rows (and columns if m is omitted).
m	a scalar integer: number of columns.
classname	a string: 'double' (default) or 'single'.

📄Description

NaN returns the IEEE symbol NaN (Not a Number).

NaN(n) returns an n-by-n matrix filled with NaN; NaN(n, m) returns an n-by-m matrix. The optional classname argument must be 'double' (default) or 'single'.

NaN is the result of operations which do not produce a well defined numerical result.

Beware, you must never compare NaN with NaN, in this case, please use isnan.

💡Examples

NaN

3 + NaN

NaN != NaN
isnan(NaN)

🔗See Also

isnan

🕔Version History

Version	Description
1.0.0	initial version

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