Value of not-a-number : nan « Number « Ruby

1. Ruby
2. Number
3. nan

Value of not-a-number

nan = 0.0/0.0;     # zero divided by zero is not-a-number
nan < 0            # false: it is not less than zero
nan > 0            # false: it is not greater than zero
nan == 0           # false: it is not equal to zero
nan == nan         # false: it is not even equal to itself!
nan.equal?(nan)    # this is true, of course

 

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