std::numeric_limits::quiet_NaN - cppreference.com (original) (raw)

| static T quiet_NaN() throw(); | | (until C++11) | | ----------------------------------------- | | ------------- | | static constexpr T quiet_NaN() noexcept; | | (since C++11) |

Returns the special value "quiet not-a-number", as represented by the floating-point type T. Only meaningful if std::numeric_limits<T>::has_quiet_NaN == true. In IEEE 754, the most common binary representation of floating-point numbers, any value with all bits of the exponent set and at least one bit of the fraction set represents a NaN. It is implementation-defined which values of the fraction represent quiet or signaling NaNs, and whether the sign bit is meaningful.

[edit] Return value

T std::numeric_limits<T>::quiet_NaN()
/* non-specialized */ T()
bool false
char ​0​
signed char ​0​
unsigned char ​0​
wchar_t ​0​
char8_t (since C++20) ​0​
char16_t (since C++11) ​0​
char32_t (since C++11) ​0​
short ​0​
unsigned short ​0​
int ​0​
unsigned int ​0​
long ​0​
unsigned long ​0​
long long (since C++11) ​0​
unsigned long long (since C++11) ​0​
float implementation-defined (may be NAN)
double implementation-defined
long double implementation-defined

[edit] Notes

A NaN never compares equal to itself. Copying a NaN may not preserve its bit representation.

[edit] Example

Several ways to generate a NaN (the output string is compiler-specific):

Possible output:

nan nan nan nan nan -nan -nan NaN == NaN? false

[edit] See also

| | identifies floating-point types that can represent the special value "quiet not-a-number" (NaN) (public static member constant) [edit] | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | returns a signaling NaN value of the given floating-point type (public static member function) [edit] | | | not-a-number (NaN) (function) [edit] | | | checks if the given number is NaN (function) [edit] |