std::numeric_limits<T>::max
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                    |   Defined in header  <limits>
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|   static T max() throw();  | 
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|   static constexpr T max() noexcept;  | 
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Returns the maximum finite value representable by the numeric type T. Meaningful for all bounded types.
Return value
  T
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std::numeric_limits<T>::max() | 
| /* non-specialized */ |   T()
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| bool | true | 
| char | CHAR_MAX | 
| signed char | SCHAR_MAX | 
| unsigned char | UCHAR_MAX | 
| wchar_t | WCHAR_MAX | 
| char8_t (C++20) | UCHAR_MAX | 
| char16_t (C++11) | UINT_LEAST16_MAX | 
| char32_t (C++11) | 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 (C++11) | LLONG_MAX | 
| unsigned long long (C++11) | ULLONG_MAX | 
| float | FLT_MAX | 
| double | DBL_MAX | 
| long double | LDBL_MAX | 
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'; }
Possible output:
short: 32767 or 0x7fff int: 2147483647 or 0x7fffffff streamsize: 9223372036854775807 or 0x7fffffffffffffff size_t: 18446744073709551615 or 0xffffffffffffffff float: 3.40282e+38 or 0x1.fffffep+127 double: 1.79769e+308 or 0x1.fffffffffffffp+1023
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)  |