std::numeric_limits::max
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                    | static T max(); | (until C++11) | |
| static constexpr T max(); | (since C++11) | |
Returns the maximum finite value representable by the numeric type T. Meaningful for all bounded types.
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[edit] Return value
| T | std::numeric_limits<T>::max() | 
| /* non-specialized */ | T(); | 
| bool | true | 
| char | CHAR_MAX | 
| signed char | SCHAR_MAX | 
| unsigned char | UCHAR_MAX | 
| wchar_t | WCHAR_MAX | 
| char16_t | UINT_LEAST16_MAX | 
| char32_t | UINT_LEAST32_MAX | 
| short | SHRT_MAX | 
| unsigned short | USHRT_MAX | 
| int | INT_MAX | 
| unsigned int | UINT_MAX | 
| long | LONG_MAX | 
| unsigned long | ULONG_MAX | 
| long long | LLONG_MAX | 
| unsigned long long | ULLONG_MAX | 
| float | FLT_MAX | 
| double | DBL_MAX | 
| long double | LDBL_MAX | 
[edit] Exceptions
| (none) | (until C++11) | 
| 
noexcept specification:   noexcept | (since C++11) | 
[edit] Example
Demonstrates the use of max() with some fundamental types and some standard library typedefs (the output is system-specific)
Run this code
#include <limits> #include <cstddef> #include <iostream> int main() { std::cout << "short: " << std::dec << std::numeric_limits<short>::max() << " or " << std::hex << std::showbase << std::numeric_limits<short>::max() << '\n' << "int: " << std::dec << std::numeric_limits<int>::max() << " or " << std::hex << std::numeric_limits<int>::max() << '\n' << std::dec << "streamsize: " << std::dec << std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max() << " or " << std::hex << std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max() << '\n' << "size_t: " << std::dec << std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max() << " or " << std::hex << std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max() << '\n' << "float: " << std::numeric_limits<float>::max() << " or " << std::hexfloat << std::numeric_limits<float>::max() << '\n' << "double: " << std::defaultfloat << std::numeric_limits<double>::max() << " or " << std::hexfloat << std::numeric_limits<double>::max() << '\n'; }
Output:
short: 32767 or 0x7fff int: 2147483647 or 0x7fffffff size_t: 18446744073709551615 or 0xffffffffffffffff streamsize: 9223372036854775807 or 0x7fffffffffffffff float: 3.40282e+38 or 0x1.fffffep+127 double: 1.79769e+308 or 0x1.fffffffffffffp+1023
[edit] See also
| [static] (C++11) | returns the lowest finite value of the given type (public static member function) | 
| [static] | returns the smallest finite value of the given type (public static member function) |