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Re: Unknown #INFO [message #13453 is a reply to message #13433]

Wed, 11 November 1998 00:00

davidf
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Registered: September 1996

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Eric J. Korpela (korpela@islay.ssl.berkeley.edu) writes:

> David Fanning <davidf@dfanning.com> wrote:
>>
>> That is the IDL notation for "infinite value".
>>
>> IDL> Print, !Values.F_Infinity
>> 1.#INF0
>>
>
> Whatever happened to 'Inf' and '-Inf'? Is this new notation
> with the latest IDL version? If so, what's the new notation for
> 'NaN'?

IDL> Help, !Values, /Structure
** Structure !VALUES, 4 tags, length=24:
F_INFINITY FLOAT 1.#INF0
F_NAN FLOAT 1.#QNAN
D_INFINITY DOUBLE 1.#INF000
D_NAN DOUBLE 1.#QNAN00

IDL> Print, !Version
{ x86 Win32 Windows 5.1.1 Jul 20 1998}

I don't know. This may be a Windows thing. Looks a little
Bill Gatesh, doesn't it. :-)

Cheers,

David
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		Re: Unknown #INFO By: davidf on Fri, 13 November 1998 00:00
		Re: Unknown #INFO By: mgs on Thu, 12 November 1998 00:00
		Re: Unknown #INFO By: mallors on Thu, 12 November 1998 00:00
		Re: Unknown #INFO By: Martin Schultz on Thu, 12 November 1998 00:00
		Re: Unknown #INFO By: davidf on Thu, 12 November 1998 00:00
		Re: Unknown #INFO By: steinhh on Thu, 12 November 1998 00:00
		Re: Unknown #INFO By: korpela on Thu, 12 November 1998 00:00
		Re: Unknown #INFO By: davidf on Wed, 11 November 1998 00:00
		Re: Unknown #INFO By: korpela on Wed, 11 November 1998 00:00
		Re: Unknown #INFO By: davidf on Wed, 11 November 1998 00:00

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