What should I do for NaN values?

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Sukru Yavuz
Sukru Yavuz on 13 Mar 2018
Commented: Stephen23 on 13 Mar 2018
I have an 1x507 array with NaN values and I am using this array for another calculation. That's why I think these are effecting my calculation. What should I do about them? Should they stay as they are or I should do something?
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Sukru Yavuz
Sukru Yavuz on 13 Mar 2018
Edited: Sukru Yavuz on 13 Mar 2018
I need them for my calculation. I don't need to count them. I need to calculate the sums of all 507 columns and save them as a table. Which is again equal to NaN. I think the numbers are very very very lower than zero that's why they are NaN.
likelihood(nn) = multiplycolumns(nn) * bolumler{nn}; (After this step the array has multiple NaN and Inf.) likelihoodsums = sum(likelihood)
Stephen23
Stephen23 on 13 Mar 2018
"What should I do about them? Should they stay as they are or I should do something?"
Why do you assume that you have to "do something" about them? NaN values are there for a reason, and it is usually a bad strategy to turn NaN values into some fake data values (e.g. 0): that would probably distort your calculations even more.

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