只是出于好奇。
typeof NaN是number似乎不太符合逻辑。就像NaN === NaN或NaN == NaN返回false。这是JavaScript的特性之一吗，或者有什么原因吗?
编辑:谢谢你的回答。然而，让人明白这不是一件容易的事情。阅读答案和维基我明白了更多，但仍然，一句话像
与NaN的比较总是返回无序结果，即使是与NaN本身比较也是如此。比较谓词是信号或非信号，信号版本表示此类比较的无效异常。等式和不等式谓词是非信号，因此x = x返回false可用于测试x是否为静态NaN。
让我头晕目眩。如果有人能把它翻译成人类(而不是数学家)可读的语言，我会很感激。
当前回答
它的意思是不是一个数字。这不是javascript的特性，而是常见的计算机科学原理。
从http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NaN:
There are three kinds of operation which return NaN: Operations with a NaN as at least one operand Indeterminate forms The divisions 0/0, ∞/∞, ∞/−∞, −∞/∞, and −∞/−∞ The multiplications 0×∞ and 0×−∞ The power 1^∞ The additions ∞ + (−∞), (−∞) + ∞ and equivalent subtractions. Real operations with complex results: The square root of a negative number The logarithm of a negative number The tangent of an odd multiple of 90 degrees (or π/2 radians) The inverse sine or cosine of a number which is less than −1 or greater than +1.
所有这些值可能都不相同。NaN的一个简单测试是测试value == value为false。
其他回答
从类型的角度来看，NaN是一个数字，但不是像1、2或329131这样的普通数字。“不是一个数字”的名字指的是表示的值是特殊的，是关于IEEE格式规范领域，而不是javascript语言领域。
NaN != NaN，因为它们不是相同的非数字。因此……很有道理。 浮点数+0.00和-0.00不一样的原因。四舍五入可以做到它们实际上不为零。
至于typeof，这取决于语言。大多数语言会说NaN是浮点数、双精度数或数字，这取决于他们如何对它进行分类……据我所知，没有一种语言会说这是未知类型或null。
Javascript uses NaN to represent anything it encounters that can't be represented any other way by its specifications. It does not mean it is not a number. It's just the easiest way to describe the encounter. NaN means that it or an object that refers to it could not be represented in any other way by javascript. For all practical purposes, it is 'unknown'. Being 'unknown' it cannot tell you what it is nor even if it is itself. It is not even the object it is assigned to. It can only tell you what it is not, and not-ness or nothingness can only be described mathematically in a programming language. Since mathematics is about numbers, javascript represents nothingness as NaN. That doesn't mean it's not a number. It means we can't read it any other way that makes sense. That's why it can't even equal itself. Because it doesn't.
typeof NaN返回'number'，因为:
ECMAScript spec says the Number type includes NaN: 4.3.20 Number type set of all possible Number values including the special “Not-a-Number” (NaN) values, positive infinity, and negative infinity So typeof returns accordingly: 11.4.3 The typeof Operator The production UnaryExpression : typeof UnaryExpression is evaluated as follows: Let val be the result of evaluating UnaryExpression. If Type(val) is Reference, then If IsUnresolvableReference(val) is true, return "undefined". Let val be GetValue(val). Return a String determined by Type(val) according to Table 20. Table 20 — typeof Operator Results ================================================================== | Type of val | Result | ================================================================== | Undefined | "undefined" | |----------------------------------------------------------------| | Null | "object" | |----------------------------------------------------------------| | Boolean | "boolean" | |----------------------------------------------------------------| | Number | "number" | |----------------------------------------------------------------| | String | "string" | |----------------------------------------------------------------| | Object (native and does | "object" | | not implement [[Call]]) | | |----------------------------------------------------------------| | Object (native or host and | "function" | | does implement [[Call]]) | | |----------------------------------------------------------------| | Object (host and does not | Implementation-defined except may | | implement [[Call]]) | not be "undefined", "boolean", | | | "number", or "string". | ------------------------------------------------------------------
此行为符合IEEE浮点运算标准(IEEE 754):
4.3.19 Number value primitive value corresponding to a double-precision 64-bit binary format IEEE 754 value 4.3.23 NaN number value that is a IEEE 754 “Not-a-Number” value 8.5 The Number Type The Number type has exactly 18437736874454810627 (that is, 253−264+3) values, representing the double-precision 64-bit format IEEE 754 values as specified in the IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic, except that the 9007199254740990 (that is, 253−2) distinct “Not-a-Number” values of the IEEE Standard are represented in ECMAScript as a single special NaN value. (Note that the NaN value is produced by the program expression NaN.)
你必须热爱Javascript。它有一些有趣的小怪癖。
http://wtfjs.com/page/13
如果你停下来从逻辑上算出这些怪癖，或者如果你知道一点数论，大多数怪癖都可以解释清楚，但如果你不知道它们，它们仍然会让你出错。
顺便说一下，我建议你阅读http://wtfjs.com/的其余部分——还有很多比这个更有趣的怪癖!
