Can You guess the output of following code fragment:
public class Test{ public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(2 % 0); }} |
Yes, You guessed it right: ArithmeticException
Output:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero at traps.Test.main(Test.java:3)
Now guess the Output of :
public class Test{ public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(2.0 % 0); }} |
Did you guessed it right ?
Output:
NaN
What is NaN?
“NaN” stands for “not a number”. “Nan” is produced if a floating point operation has some input parameters that cause the operation to produce some undefined result. For example, 0.0 divided by 0.0 is arithmetically undefined. Finding out the square root of a negative number too is undefined.
//Java Program to illustrate NaNpublic class Test{ public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(2.0 % 0); System.out.println(0.0 / 0); System.out.println(Math.sqrt(-1)); }} |
Output:
NaN NaN NaN
In javadoc, the constant field NaN is declared as following in the Float and Double Classes respectively.
public static final float NaN = 0f / 0f; public static final double NaN = 0d / 0d;
How to Compare NaN Values?
All numeric operations with NaN as an operand produce NaN as a result. Reason behind this is that NaN is unordered, so a numeric comparison operation involving one or two NaNs returns false.
- The numerical comparison operators <, <=, >, and >= always return false if either or both operands are NaN.(§15.20.1)
- The equality operator == returns false if either operand is NaN.
- The inequality operator != returns true if either operand is NaN . (§15.21.1)
// Java program to test relational operator on NaNpublic class ComparingNaN{ public static void main(String[] args) { // comparing NaN constant field defined in // Float Class System.out.print("Check if equal :"); System.out.println(Float.NaN == Float.NaN); System.out.print("Check if UNequal: "); System.out.println(Float.NaN != Float.NaN); // comparing NaN constant field defined in Double Class System.out.print("Check if equal: "); System.out.println(Double.NaN == Double.NaN); System.out.print("Check if UNequal: "); System.out.println(Double.NaN != Double.NaN); // More Examples double NaN = 2.1 % 0; System.out.println((2.1%0) == NaN); System.out.println(NaN == NaN); }} |
Output:
Check if equal :false Check if UNequal: true Check if equal: false Check if UNequal: true false false
isNaN() method
This method returns true if the value represented by this object is NaN; false otherwise.
import java.lang.*; public class isNan{ public static void main(String[] args) { Double x = new Double(-2.0/0.0); Double y = new Double(0.0/0.0); // returns false if this Double value is not a Not-a-Number (NaN) System.out.println(y + " = " + y.isNaN()); // returns true if this Double value is a Not-a-Number (NaN) System.out.println(x + " = " + x.isNaN()); }} |
Output:
NaN = true -Infinity = false
Floating type doesn’t produces Exception while operating with mathematical values
IEEE 754 floating point numbers can represent positive or negative infinity, and NaN (not a number). These three values arise from calculations whose result is undefined or cannot be represented accurately.
Java is following known math facts. 1.0 / 0.0 is infinity, but the others are indeterminate forms, which Java represents as NaN (not a number).
// Java program to illustrate output of floating// point number operationspublic class Test{ public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(2.0 / 0); System.out.println(-2.0 / 0); System.out.println(9.0E234 / 0.1E-234); }} |
Output:
Infinity -Infinity Infinity
References:
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Double.html
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/jls-4.html
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