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From: Shankar Unni <shankarunni AT netscape DOT net>
Subject: Re: Bug: atof() can't parse "NaN"
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 13:49:42 -0800
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Roger Leigh wrote:

>   our_nan = atof ("NaN");

Which platform does this work on, for you? I wouldn't expect it to 
"work" (i.e. return a NaN), and I can't get it to work on a Linux 
(somewhat old, I admit) box either. Or using (hiss!) MSDEV (VC++ 2003 
.NET) on a WinXP box.


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