Availability
JavaScript 1.1; JScript 2.0, ECMAScript v1
Synopsis
Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITYDescription
Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY
is a special numeric value that is returned when an arithmetic
operation or mathematical function generates a negative value greater
than the largest representable number in JavaScript (i.e., more
negative than -Number.MAX_VALUE).
JavaScript displays the NEGATIVE_INFINITY value as
-Infinity. This value behaves mathematically
like infinity; for example, anything multiplied by infinity is
infinity and anything divided by infinity is zero. In ECMAScript v1
and later, you can also use -Infinity instead of
Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY.
See Also
Infinity, isFinite( )
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Errata
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 4th Edition
By
David Flanagan
Publisher
: O'Reilly
Pub Date
: November 2001
ISBN
: 0-596-00048-0
Pages
: 936
Slots
: 1
This fourth edition of the definitive reference to
JavaScript, a scripting language that can be embedded
directly in web pages, covers the latest version of the
language, JavaScript 1.5, as supported by Netscape 6 and
Internet Explorer 6. The book also provides complete
coverage of the W3C DOM standard (Level 1 and Level 2),
while retaining material on the legacy Level 0 DOM for
backward compatibility.