Sorting NaNs
Anders Munch
andersjm at stofanet.dk
Sun Jun 10 15:28:02 EDT 2018
Richard Damon wrote:
> The two behaviors that I have heard suggested are:
>
> 1) If any of the inputs are a NaN, the median should be a NaN.
> (Propagating the NaN as indicator of a numeric error)
>
> 2) Remove the NaNs from the input set and process what is left. If
> nothing, then return a NaN (treating NaN as a 'No Data' placeholder).
3) Raise an exception.
I can't believe anyone even suggested 2). "In the face of ambiguity,
refuse the temptation to guess."
regards, Anders
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