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Double.NegativeInfinity Field

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Represents negative infinity. This field is constant.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

public const double NegativeInfinity

Remarks

The value of this constant is the result of dividing a negative number by zero.

This constant is returned when the result of an operation is less than MinValue.

Use IsNegativeInfinity to determine whether a value evaluates to negative infinity. It is not possible to determine whether a value evaluates to negative infinity by comparing it to another value equal to NegativeInfinity.

Examples

The following example illustrates the use of NegativeInfinity:


// This will equal Infinity.
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("10.0 minus NegativeInfinity equals {0}.", (10.0 - Double.NegativeInfinity).ToString()) + "\n";

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