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From: hjg@amms4.UUCP (Harry Gross)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: what does NaN mean out of printf?
Message-ID: <588@amms4.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jul 89 15:05:49 GMT
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In article <20283@adm.BRL.MIL> Leisner.Henr@xerox.com (Marty) writes:
>What does NaN mean out of printf?
	   ^^^
Not A Number

>(I assume it's some sorta float point error).

Yup.

>I haven't ever seen it documented anywhere.

I have only seen this in Microsoft C compilers on PC's.  Maybe it is moving :-)

>marty
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