NaN?????

[sabarooni]

Hi, I can't understand why this is coming up as NaN.

trying to d oa program which can work out 2 angles and a side of a triangle when the other 2 sides and angle are inputed.

here is the bit which comes up as NaN (last line)

System.out.print ("Side c = ") ;
System.out.println (+tm.cossidec (sidea, sideb, tm.d2r(angleA, tm.constant))) ;
System.out.print ("Convert Angle A to Radians: ") ;
System.out.println (tm.d2r(angleA, tm.constant)) ;
System.out.print ("Angle B = ") ;
System.out.println (tm.cosangleB (sidea, sideb, tm.cossidec (sidea, sideb, tm.d2r(angleA, tm.constant)))) ;




And here is the maths class (constant is 180)




public double cossidec (double num1, double num2, double num3)
{
return Math.sqrt((Math.pow(num1, 2))+(Math.pow(num2, 2))-((2*num1*num2)*Math.cos(num3))) ;
}

public double cosangleB (double num1, double num2, double num3)
{
return Math.acos((Math.pow(num1, 2))+(Math.pow(num2, 2))-(Math.pow(num3, 2))/(2*num1*num3)) ;
}

public double cosangleC (double num1, double num2, double num3)
{
return Math.acos((Math.pow(num1, 2))+(Math.pow(num3, 2))-(Math.pow(num2, 2))/(2*num1*num2)) ;
}
}


anyone have any idea why it comes up as NaN?

Thanks in advance!!

[tnrh1]

"NaN" stands for "not a number". "Nan" is produced if a floating point operation has some input parameters that cause the operation to produce some undefined result. For example, 0.0 divided by 0.0 is arithmetically undefined. Taking the square root of a negative number is also undefined.

0.0 / 0.0 -> NaN
Math.sqrt(-2.0) -> NaN

[sabarooni]

hey I know what it means and stuff, but I cna't understand why it comes up on my program, when the inputs (sidea, sideb, angleA)are all positive.

[JosAH]

anyone have any idea why it comes up as NaN?

What is 'it'? There are several values being calculated in your code.

kind regards,

Jos

[sabarooni]

What is 'it'? There are several values being calculated in your code.

kind regards,

Jos

It is working out the side and angles of a triangle using tyhe cosine formula. This is the user input section of the code: (I just dont understand why it can't calculate it



double sidea, sideb, sidec ;
double angleA, angleB, angleC ;

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//INPUT
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

System.out.print ("Enter side a of the triangle: ") ;
sidea=input.nextDouble () ;
System.out.print ("Enter side b of the triangle: ") ;
sideb=input.nextDouble () ;
System.out.print ("Enter angle A of the triangle: ") ;
angleA=input.nextDouble () ;

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//INSTANTIATE A COPY OF TRIANGLEMATHS
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Trianglemaths tm = new Trianglemaths () ;

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//OUTPUT
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

[tnrh1]

Dude please use the code tag.
debug it, you will be able to see the variable values and see the reason to this mess.

[pbrockway2]

Check your data. Ie use System.out.println() to ensure that the values are what you think they are.

Check your formulae. Especially the angle ones.

Then, if you still have a problem, address Jos' question (what is 'it'?) by posting compilable, runnable code and giving its output for given (stated) input.

[sabarooni]

Hi I'm not sure what you mean by code tag, as I'm new to this site, but here is the code. there are 2 classes, Triangle and Trianglemaths. So far it only prints out the side which I am looking for (side c) and it can convert the degree input into radians, but it doesn't like working out the first angle (Angle B) for some reason

Triangle

//
//
//
//
//

import java.util.Scanner ;

class Triangle
{
	static Scanner input = new Scanner (System.in) ;
	
	public static void main (String args [])
	{
	
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//DECLERATIONS
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
		
		double sidea, sideb, sidec ;
		double angleA, angleB, angleC ;
		
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//INPUT
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

		System.out.print ("Enter side a of the triangle: ") ;
		sidea=input.nextDouble () ;
		System.out.print ("Enter side b of the triangle: ") ;
		sideb=input.nextDouble () ;
		System.out.print ("Enter angle A of the triangle: ") ;
		angleA=input.nextDouble () ;
		
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//INSTANTIATE A COPY OF TRIANGLEMATHS
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

		Trianglemaths tm = new Trianglemaths () ;
		
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//OUTPUT
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

		//System.out.print (+ tm.d2r (angleA, tm.constant)) ;
		System.out.print ("Side c = ") ;
		System.out.println (+tm.cossidec (sidea, sideb, tm.d2r(angleA, tm.constant))) ;
		System.out.print ("Convert Angle A to Radians: ") ;
		System.out.println (tm.d2r(angleA, tm.constant)) ;
		System.out.print ("Angle B = ") ;
		System.out.println (tm.cosangleB (sidea, sideb, tm.cossidec (sidea, sideb, tm.d2r(angleA, tm.constant)))) ;
		
	}
}	


Trianglemaths

//
//
//
//

class Trianglemaths
{

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//CONSTANTS
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	
	public final double constant = 180 ;

//DEGREES TO RADIAN CONVERSION
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

	public double d2r (double num1, final double constant)
	{
		return num1*(Math.PI/constant) ; //this converts degrees to radians using the formula 'x*(pi/180)'
		
	}
	
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//COSINE FORMULAE
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

	public double cossidec (double num1, double num2, double num3)
	{
		return Math.sqrt((Math.pow(num1, 2))+(Math.pow(num2, 2))-((2*num1*num2)*Math.cos(num3))) ;
	}
	
	public double cosangleB (double num1, double num2, double num3)
	{
		return Math.acos((Math.pow(num1, 2))+(Math.pow(num2, 2))-(Math.pow(num3, 2))/(2*num1*num3)) ;
	}
	
	public double cosangleC (double num1, double num2, double num3)
	{
		return Math.acos((Math.pow(num1, 2))+(Math.pow(num3, 2))-(Math.pow(num2, 2))/(2*num1*num2)) ;
	}
}

thanks!!

[pbrockway2]

I'm not sure what you mean by code tag

When you post code you put [code] at the start of the code and [/code] at the end. That helps keep the indentation when the code appears on a web page.

[sabarooni]

When you post code you put [code] at the start of the code and [/code] at the end. That helps keep the indentation when the code appears on a web page.

ah awesome thanks!