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max(nan,3) returns 3
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John W. Eaton |
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max(nan,3) returns 3 |
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Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:57:13 -0400 |
On 28-Jun-2005, Paul Kienzle wrote:
| Here's a result we may or may not want to change:
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| octave> min(nan,3)
| ans = 3
| octave> min(nan,3)
| ans = 3
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| R gets it right:
|
| > pmax(3,NaN)
| [1] NA
|
| The current behaviour is compatible with matlab, IDL and python numarray.
I think we should probably keep the compatible behavior.
jwe
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