How can I check for NaN values?

Question

float(\'nan\') results in Nan (not a number). But how do I check for it? Should be very easy, but I cannot find it.

Answer 1

Here are three ways where you can test a variable is "NaN" or not.

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import math

#For single variable all three libraries return single boolean
x1 = float("nan")

print(f"It's pd.isna  : {pd.isna(x1)}")
print(f"It's np.isnan  : {np.isnan(x1)}")
print(f"It's math.isnan : {math.isnan(x1)}")

Output

It's pd.isna  : True
It's np.isnan  : True
It's math.isnan  : True