[xquery-talk] Literal NaN

[David Lee]

not(boolean(number(0)))   -> TRUE


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David A. Lee
dlee at calldei.com
http://www.xmlsh.org


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From: talk-bounces at x-query.com [mailto:talk-bounces at x-query.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Welch
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 10:43 AM
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Subject: Re: [xquery-talk] Literal NaN


2011/2/28 David Lee <dlee at calldei.com>:
> Micheal Kay says →
>
> You can construct it using xs:double('NaN') or xs:float('NaN')
> =========================
>
> But you still can’t compare it to another NaN (and get true).
> So what is the ‘best’ way to determine if a numeric is a NaN ?
> So far I’ve only found
>       xs:string(value) eq ‘NaN’
>
>       Ok this works, but I’d still vote for a
>
>        fn:isNaN()


not(boolean(number($num)))   ?


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Andrew Welch
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