Parse String to Double.NaN

Question

i want to let users edit a field with double data. I want to allow Double.NaN (to void values). Is there a generic way (a predefined string) that is parsed to Double.NaN from the method Double.valueOf(String) without checking it in the background?

There is a special char looking like a diamond with a question mark in it (in HTML) that acts like NaN, but - well - the users wont find that on their keys.

Answer 1

You can pass +NaN or -NaN or NaN to valueOf() and have it return a NaN. The documentation gives the full details.