nans

Create an array filled with NaNs and having a specified length.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/array-nans

Usage

var nans = require( '@stdlib/array-nans' );

nans( length[, dtype] )

Creates an array filled with NaNs and having a specified length.

var arr = nans( 2 );
// returns <Float64Array>[ NaN, NaN ]

The function recognizes the following data types:

• float64: double-precision floating-point numbers (IEEE 754)
• float32: single-precision floating-point numbers (IEEE 754)
• complex128: double-precision complex floating-point numbers
• complex64: single-precision complex floating-point numbers
• generic: generic JavaScript values

By default, the output array data type is float64 (i.e., a typed array). To specify an alternative data type, provide a dtype argument.

var arr = nans( 2, 'float32' );
// returns <Float32Array>[ NaN, NaN ]

Notes

• For complex number arrays, each element of the returned array has a real component equal to NaN and an imaginary component equal to NaN.

Examples

var dtypes = require( '@stdlib/array-typed-float-dtypes' );
var nans = require( '@stdlib/array-nans' );

// Get a list of array data types:
var dt = dtypes();

// Generate filled arrays...
var arr;
var i;
for ( i = 0; i < dt.length; i++ ) {
    arr = nans( 4, dt[ i ] );
    console.log( arr );
}

See Also

• @stdlib/array-full: create a filled array having a specified length.
• @stdlib/array-nans-like: create an array filled with NaNs and having the same length and data type as a provided array.
• @stdlib/array-ones: create an array filled with ones and having a specified length.
• @stdlib/array-zeros: create a zero-filled array having a specified length.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.

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