Problem 1406. Generate a NaN...on purpose

Created by Michael C.

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The goal is to create a function that will return a single "NaN" without using the nan function. I am interested to see how many different ways this can be done, so be creative and submit more than one solution if you have lots of ideas!

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Thomas Vanaret on 30 Oct 2013

Nice test suite

xiexiezaijian on 6 Oct 2016

I really really want to know that how many methods to gain NaN up to now.

Jihye Sofia Seo on 11 Feb 2017

Fun problem!

Jiahang Li on 25 Feb 2018

Funny

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