finding the index of NaN

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Julia Smith
Julia Smith on 2 Jul 2022
Edited: MJFcoNaN on 2 Jul 2022
Consider the array A:
A = [10 30 NaN 30]
When I use the expressin below, a new logical array is created with columns with a value of 1 for elements of A equal to 30:
A == 30
>> 0 1 0 1
But why does not the expression below works and it outputs with all columns with a value of 0, although the third element should be 1 as it is a NaN:
A == NaN
>> 0 0 0 0

Answers (1)

MJFcoNaN
MJFcoNaN on 2 Jul 2022
Edited: MJFcoNaN on 2 Jul 2022
You may use "isnan"
A = [10 30 NaN 30]
A = 1×4
10 30 NaN 30
isnan(A)
ans = 1×4 logical array
0 0 1 0
PS: There is a tip from help document
"NaN values are not equal to each other. As a result, comparison operations involving NaN return false, except for the not equal operator ~=. For example, NaN == NaN returns logical 0 (false) but NaN ~= NaN returns logical 1 (true)."

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