eqn (Tablicious v0.4.6)
Description: User manual for Tablicious for Octave.

#### 8.2.15 eqn ¶

Function: `out =` eqn `(A, B)` ¶

  Determine element-wise equality, treating NaNs as equal

  out = eqn (A, B)

  `eqn` is just like `eq` (the function that implements the `==` operator), except that it considers NaN and NaN-like values to be equal. This is the element-wise equivalent of `isequaln`.

  `eqn` uses `isnanny` to test for NaN and NaN-like values, which means that NaNs and NaTs are considered to be NaN-like, and string arrays’ “missing” and categorical objects’ “undefined” values are considered equal, because they are NaN-ish.

  Developer’s note: the name “`eqn`” is a little unfortunate, because “eqn” could also be an abbreviation for “equation”. But this name follows the `isequaln` pattern of appending an “n” to the corresponding non-NaN-equivocating function.

  See also: `eq`, `isequaln`, isnanny