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Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails

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On 10/25/2012 9:46 PM, mamboknave@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> a = [float('nan'), 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
>>>> a
> [nan, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
>>>> a.index(float('nan'))
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> ValueError: list.index(x): x not in list
>
> That means, the function .index() cannot detect nan values.
> It happens on both Python 2.6 and Python 3.1
>
> Is this a bug? Or I am not using .index() correctly?

It is a consequence of the following, which some people (but not all) 
believe is mandated by the IEEE standard.

 >>> nan = float('nan')
 >>> nan is nan
True
 >>> nan == nan
False

 >>> nanlist = [nan]
 >>> nan in nanlist
True
 >>> nanlist.index(nan)
0

Containment of nan in collection is tested by is, not ==.

 >>> nan2 = float('nan')
 >>> nan2 is nan
False
 >>> nan2 == nan
False
 >>> nan2 in nanlist
False

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy

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a.index(float('nan')) fails mamboknave@gmail.com - 2012-10-25 18:46 -0700
  Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-10-25 22:04 -0400
    Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-26 02:44 +0000
      Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-10-26 03:54 -0400
        Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-26 15:26 +0000
          Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-10-26 14:49 -0400
    Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-10-27 17:40 +0100
  Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2012-10-26 13:15 +1100
    Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails mamboknave@gmail.com - 2012-10-25 19:22 -0700
    Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails mamboknave@gmail.com - 2012-10-25 19:22 -0700
  Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-10-26 03:19 +0100
  Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-26 02:33 +0000
    Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2012-10-28 06:07 -0700
  Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-10-26 04:00 -0400
    Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-26 16:23 +0000
      Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-10-26 17:43 +0100
      Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-27 03:45 +1100
        Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-26 18:40 +0000
          Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-10-26 15:17 -0400
          Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-27 12:29 +1100
      Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-10-26 14:58 -0400
      Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-10-27 00:48 -0400
        Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2012-10-27 08:56 +0200
          Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-10-27 17:45 +0100
          Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-10-27 13:07 -0400
  Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Mark Adam <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2012-10-27 13:33 -0500

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