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From: "Nick Roberts" <nickroberts@blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: Re: How to model unknown values in a vector?
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 02:04:29 +0100
Date: 2003-06-04T02:04:29+01:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bbjgh7$acuc1$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: BAFE7E15.3898%harald.schmidt@anobject.net

"Harald Schmidt" <harald.schmidt@anobject.net> wrote in message
news:BAFE7E15.3898%harald.schmidt@anobject.net...

> Does anyone know how to model values in a vector,
> which are unknown. I can't use the zero value
> because this is a valid value. Minus infinity could be an
> option, but I am searching for a better method to
> handle unknown values.

IEEE 745 defines loads of NaNs. If your target machine has some NaNs, and
your compiler provides some way (presumably non-standard) to get at these
values in programs, that might be a possible solution. Best of luck.

--
Nick Roberts
Jabber: debater@charente.de [ICQ: 159718630]






  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-06-04  1:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-05-31 13:43 How to model unknown values in a vector? Harald Schmidt
2003-05-31 22:47 ` FranciKait
2003-06-01  3:17 ` Jeffrey Carter
2003-06-04  1:04 ` Nick Roberts [this message]
2003-06-04 15:56   ` Mário Amado Alves
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