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minimum double value in C/C++

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Is there a standard and/or portable way to represent the smallest negative value (e.g. to use negative infinity) in a C(++) program?

DBL_MIN in float.h is the smallest positive number.

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Will Avatar asked Jul 20 '09 13:07

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-DBL_MAX in ANSI C, which is defined in float.h.

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dfa Avatar answered Oct 21 '22 19:10

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