Max value a number can hold?

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- breezeyboi
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What is the maximum value that a generic number variable can hold?
- Magistross
- - Joined 4 Jul, 2011
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Probably something around 1.7976931348623157e+308, the maximum "numeric" value of a javascript number variable.
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- jobel
- - Joined 27 Jul, 2013
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you could just run a test.. but I would imagine it's an unsigned integer..

approx 4 billion

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/296az74e.aspx
- jobel
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yeah Magistross is probably more accurate.. I'm still thinking in the 90's
- Magistross
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Well if we're talking strictly integers, javascript as a constant you can use. Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER, which is equal to 2^53 - 1, or 9007199254740991, which is the highest integer javascript can represent "exactly". However, bitshifting is limited to 32bits, so to be really safe, you should stay in the 2^32 - 1 range, which is quite enough to be frank !