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Infinity

Infinity

The global Infinity property is a numeric value representing infinity.

Syntax

Infinity 

Description

Infinity is a property of the global object, i.e. it is a variable in global scope.

The initial value of Infinity is Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY. The value Infinity (positive infinity) is greater than any other number. This value behaves mathematically like infinity; for example, any positive number multiplied by Infinity is Infinity, and anything divided by Infinity is 0.

Examples

console.log(Infinity         ); /* Infinity */  
console.log(Infinity + 1     ); /* Infinity */  
console.log(Math.pow(10,1000)); /* Infinity */  
console.log(Math.log(0)      ); /* -Infinity */  
console.log(1 / Infinity     ); /* 0 */  


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