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std::numeri...ts::infinity(3)  C++ Standard Libary std::numeri...ts::infinity(3)

NAME
     std::numeric_limits::infinity - std::numeric_limits::infinity

Synopsis
	static T infinity() throw();		 (until C++11)
	static constexpr T infinity() noexcept;  (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.

Return value
	T				 std::numeric_limits<T>::infinity()
	/* non-specialized */		 T()
	bool				 false
	char				 0
	signed char			 0
	unsigned char			 0
	wchar_t 			 0
	char8_t (since C++20)		 0
	char16_t (since C++11)		 0
	char32_t (since C++11)		 0
	short				 0
	unsigned short			 0
	int				 0
	unsigned int			 0
	long				 0
	unsigned long			 0
	long long (since C++11) 	 0
	unsigned long long (since C++11) 0
	float				 HUGE_VALF
	double				 HUGE_VAL
	long double			 HUGE_VALL

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

See also
	has_infinity identifies floating-point types that can represent the spe-
     cial value
	[static]     "positive infinity"
		     (public static member constant)

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