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Number.MAX_VALUE (Constant/static)

A mathematical constant value.

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ECMAScript edition - 2

JavaScript - 1.1

JScript - 1.0

Internet Explorer - 3.02

Netscape - 3.0

Netscape Enterprise Server version - 2.0

Opera - 3.0

Property/method value type: Number primitive

JavaScript syntax: - Number.MAX_VALUE

This is a constant value representing the largest realizable positive finite value of the Number type.

The value is approximately 1.7976931348623157e+308.

Warnings:

The word approximately is used when describing the result, because the mathematical accuracy of JavaScript implementations leaves something to be desired and there are some strange artifacts in some of the calculations.

See also: Arithmetic constant, Floating-point constant, Number, Number.constructor, Special number values

ReadOnly, DontDelete, DontEnum

ECMA 262 edition 2 - section - 15.7.3.2

ECMA 262 edition 3 - section - 15.7.3.2

O'Reilly JavaScript Definitive Guide - page - 37

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