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From: bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: what does NaN mean out of printf?
Summary: Not a Number
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Date: 18 Jul 89 21:36:48 GMT
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NaN == Not a Number

i.e., not a legitimate floating-point value.  I'm reasonably certain that
this is defined by the IEEE floating-point format standard.
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