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

All the methods to tell if the variable is NaN or None:

None type

In [1]: from numpy import math

In [2]: a = None
In [3]: not a
Out[3]: True

In [4]: len(a or ()) == 0
Out[4]: True

In [5]: a == None
Out[5]: True

In [6]: a is None
Out[6]: True

In [7]: a != a
Out[7]: False

In [9]: math.isnan(a)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in 
    math.isnan(a)
TypeError: a float is required

In [10]: len(a) == 0
Traceback (most recent call last):
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    len(a) == 0
TypeError: object of type 'NoneType' has no len()

NaN type

In [11]: b = float('nan')
In [12]: b
Out[12]: nan

In [13]: not b
Out[13]: False

In [14]: b != b
Out[14]: True

In [15]: math.isnan(b)
Out[15]: True