Problem 868. Replace all zeros and NaNs in a matrix with the string 'error'

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Khaled Hamed on 29 Jul 2012

Any idea why b={1 0; nan 3}; isequal(b,b) gives false?

Khaled Hamed on 29 Jul 2012

Don't bother... nan is not equal to nan unless you use isequaln!

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danteliujie on 14 Apr 2019

perfect

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Jean-Marie Sainthillier on 30 Jul 2012

Very nice.

Khaled Hamed on 30 Jul 2012

@Jean-Marie
This is simply a copyof the leading solution "Solution 119943"

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