std::numeric_limits::infinity
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                    | static T infinity(); | (until C++11) | |
| static constexpr T infinity(); | (since C++11) | |
Returns the special value "positive infinity", as represented by the floating-point type T. Only meaningful if std::numeric_limits<T>::has_infinity == true. In IEEE 754, the most common binary representation of floating-point numbers, the positive infinity is the value with all bits of the exponent set and all bits of the fraction cleared.
| Contents | 
[edit] Return value
| T | std::numeric_limits<T>::infinity() | 
| /* non-specialized */ | T(); | 
| bool | false | 
| char | 0 | 
| signed char | 0 | 
| unsigned char | 0 | 
| wchar_t | 0 | 
| char16_t | 0 | 
| char32_t | 0 | 
| short | 0 | 
| unsigned short | 0 | 
| int | 0 | 
| unsigned int | 0 | 
| long | 0 | 
| unsigned long | 0 | 
| long long | 0 | 
| unsigned long long | 0 | 
| float | HUGE_VALF | 
| double | HUGE_VAL | 
| long double | HUGE_VALL | 
[edit] Exceptions
| (none) | (until C++11) | 
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noexcept specification:   noexcept | (since C++11) | 
[edit] Example
Run this code
#include <iostream> #include <limits> int main() { double max = std::numeric_limits<double>::max(); double inf = std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity(); if(inf > max) std::cout << inf << " is greater than " << max << '\n'; }
Output:
inf is greater than 1.79769e+308
[edit] See also
| [static] | identifies floating-point types that can represent the special value "positive infinity" (public static member constant) |