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| <h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.top_of_page"></a>Limits of Basic Types</span></h2> |
| <p>Limits of Basic Types — portable method of determining the limits of the standard types</p> |
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| <a name="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.synopsis"></a><h2>Synopsis</h2> |
| <pre class="synopsis"> |
| #include <glib.h> |
| |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MININT:CAPS" title="G_MININT">G_MININT</a> |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MAXINT:CAPS" title="G_MAXINT">G_MAXINT</a> |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MAXUINT:CAPS" title="G_MAXUINT">G_MAXUINT</a> |
| |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MINSHORT:CAPS" title="G_MINSHORT">G_MINSHORT</a> |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MAXSHORT:CAPS" title="G_MAXSHORT">G_MAXSHORT</a> |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MAXUSHORT:CAPS" title="G_MAXUSHORT">G_MAXUSHORT</a> |
| |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MINLONG:CAPS" title="G_MINLONG">G_MINLONG</a> |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MAXLONG:CAPS" title="G_MAXLONG">G_MAXLONG</a> |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MAXULONG:CAPS" title="G_MAXULONG">G_MAXULONG</a> |
| |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MININT8:CAPS" title="G_MININT8">G_MININT8</a> |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MAXINT8:CAPS" title="G_MAXINT8">G_MAXINT8</a> |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MAXUINT8:CAPS" title="G_MAXUINT8">G_MAXUINT8</a> |
| |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MININT16:CAPS" title="G_MININT16">G_MININT16</a> |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MAXINT16:CAPS" title="G_MAXINT16">G_MAXINT16</a> |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MAXUINT16:CAPS" title="G_MAXUINT16">G_MAXUINT16</a> |
| |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MININT32:CAPS" title="G_MININT32">G_MININT32</a> |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MAXINT32:CAPS" title="G_MAXINT32">G_MAXINT32</a> |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MAXUINT32:CAPS" title="G_MAXUINT32">G_MAXUINT32</a> |
| |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MININT64:CAPS" title="G_MININT64">G_MININT64</a> |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MAXINT64:CAPS" title="G_MAXINT64">G_MAXINT64</a> |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MAXUINT64:CAPS" title="G_MAXUINT64">G_MAXUINT64</a> |
| |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MAXSIZE:CAPS" title="G_MAXSIZE">G_MAXSIZE</a> |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MINSSIZE:CAPS" title="G_MINSSIZE">G_MINSSIZE</a> |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MAXSSIZE:CAPS" title="G_MAXSSIZE">G_MAXSSIZE</a> |
| |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MINOFFSET:CAPS" title="G_MINOFFSET">G_MINOFFSET</a> |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MAXOFFSET:CAPS" title="G_MAXOFFSET">G_MAXOFFSET</a> |
| |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MINFLOAT:CAPS" title="G_MINFLOAT">G_MINFLOAT</a> |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MAXFLOAT:CAPS" title="G_MAXFLOAT">G_MAXFLOAT</a> |
| |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MINDOUBLE:CAPS" title="G_MINDOUBLE">G_MINDOUBLE</a> |
| #define <a class="link" href="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.html#G-MAXDOUBLE:CAPS" title="G_MAXDOUBLE">G_MAXDOUBLE</a> |
| </pre> |
| </div> |
| <div class="refsect1" title="Description"> |
| <a name="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.description"></a><h2>Description</h2> |
| <p> |
| These macros provide a portable method to determine the limits of some of |
| the standard integer and floating point types. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="refsect1" title="Details"> |
| <a name="glib-Limits-of-Basic-Types.details"></a><h2>Details</h2> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MININT"> |
| <a name="G-MININT:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MININT</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MININT INT_MIN |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The minimum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MAXINT"> |
| <a name="G-MAXINT:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MAXINT</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MAXINT INT_MAX |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The maximum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MAXUINT"> |
| <a name="G-MAXUINT:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MAXUINT</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MAXUINT UINT_MAX |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The maximum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MINSHORT"> |
| <a name="G-MINSHORT:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MINSHORT</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MINSHORT SHRT_MIN |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The minimum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gshort" title="gshort"><span class="type">gshort</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MAXSHORT"> |
| <a name="G-MAXSHORT:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MAXSHORT</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MAXSHORT SHRT_MAX |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The maximum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gshort" title="gshort"><span class="type">gshort</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MAXUSHORT"> |
| <a name="G-MAXUSHORT:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MAXUSHORT</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MAXUSHORT USHRT_MAX |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The maximum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gushort" title="gushort"><span class="type">gushort</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MINLONG"> |
| <a name="G-MINLONG:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MINLONG</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MINLONG LONG_MIN |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The minimum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#glong" title="glong"><span class="type">glong</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MAXLONG"> |
| <a name="G-MAXLONG:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MAXLONG</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MAXLONG LONG_MAX |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The maximum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#glong" title="glong"><span class="type">glong</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MAXULONG"> |
| <a name="G-MAXULONG:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MAXULONG</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MAXULONG ULONG_MAX |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The maximum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gulong" title="gulong"><span class="type">gulong</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MININT8"> |
| <a name="G-MININT8:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MININT8</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MININT8 ((gint8) 0x80) |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The minimum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint8" title="gint8"><span class="type">gint8</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| <p class="since">Since 2.4</p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MAXINT8"> |
| <a name="G-MAXINT8:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MAXINT8</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MAXINT8 ((gint8) 0x7f) |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The maximum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint8" title="gint8"><span class="type">gint8</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| <p class="since">Since 2.4</p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MAXUINT8"> |
| <a name="G-MAXUINT8:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MAXUINT8</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MAXUINT8 ((guint8) 0xff) |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The maximum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint8" title="guint8"><span class="type">guint8</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| <p class="since">Since 2.4</p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MININT16"> |
| <a name="G-MININT16:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MININT16</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MININT16 ((gint16) 0x8000) |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The minimum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint16" title="gint16"><span class="type">gint16</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| <p class="since">Since 2.4</p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MAXINT16"> |
| <a name="G-MAXINT16:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MAXINT16</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MAXINT16 ((gint16) 0x7fff) |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The maximum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint16" title="gint16"><span class="type">gint16</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| <p class="since">Since 2.4</p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MAXUINT16"> |
| <a name="G-MAXUINT16:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MAXUINT16</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MAXUINT16 ((guint16) 0xffff) |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The maximum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint16" title="guint16"><span class="type">guint16</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| <p class="since">Since 2.4</p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MININT32"> |
| <a name="G-MININT32:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MININT32</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MININT32 ((gint32) 0x80000000) |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The minimum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint32" title="gint32"><span class="type">gint32</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| <p class="since">Since 2.4</p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MAXINT32"> |
| <a name="G-MAXINT32:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MAXINT32</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MAXINT32 ((gint32) 0x7fffffff) |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The maximum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint32" title="gint32"><span class="type">gint32</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| <p class="since">Since 2.4</p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MAXUINT32"> |
| <a name="G-MAXUINT32:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MAXUINT32</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MAXUINT32 ((guint32) 0xffffffff) |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The maximum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint32" title="guint32"><span class="type">guint32</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| <p class="since">Since 2.4</p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MININT64"> |
| <a name="G-MININT64:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MININT64</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MININT64 ((gint64) G_GINT64_CONSTANT(0x8000000000000000)) |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The minimum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint64" title="gint64"><span class="type">gint64</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MAXINT64"> |
| <a name="G-MAXINT64:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MAXINT64</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MAXINT64 G_GINT64_CONSTANT(0x7fffffffffffffff) |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The maximum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint64" title="gint64"><span class="type">gint64</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MAXUINT64"> |
| <a name="G-MAXUINT64:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MAXUINT64</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MAXUINT64 G_GINT64_CONSTANT(0xffffffffffffffffU) |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The maximum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint64" title="guint64"><span class="type">guint64</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MAXSIZE"> |
| <a name="G-MAXSIZE:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MAXSIZE</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MAXSIZE G_MAXULONG |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The maximum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize" title="gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| <p class="since">Since 2.4</p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MINSSIZE"> |
| <a name="G-MINSSIZE:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MINSSIZE</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MINSSIZE G_MINLONG |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The minimum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gssize" title="gssize"><span class="type">gssize</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| <p class="since">Since 2.14</p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MAXSSIZE"> |
| <a name="G-MAXSSIZE:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MAXSSIZE</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MAXSSIZE G_MAXLONG |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The maximum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gssize" title="gssize"><span class="type">gssize</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| <p class="since">Since 2.14</p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MINOFFSET"> |
| <a name="G-MINOFFSET:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MINOFFSET</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MINOFFSET G_MININT64 |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The minimum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#goffset" title="goffset"><span class="type">goffset</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MAXOFFSET"> |
| <a name="G-MAXOFFSET:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MAXOFFSET</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MAXOFFSET G_MAXINT64 |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The maximum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#goffset" title="goffset"><span class="type">goffset</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MINFLOAT"> |
| <a name="G-MINFLOAT:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MINFLOAT</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MINFLOAT FLT_MIN |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The minimum positive value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gfloat" title="gfloat"><span class="type">gfloat</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| If you are interested in the smallest value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gfloat" title="gfloat"><span class="type">gfloat</span></a>, |
| use -G_MAX_FLOAT. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MAXFLOAT"> |
| <a name="G-MAXFLOAT:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MAXFLOAT</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MAXFLOAT FLT_MAX |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The maximum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gfloat" title="gfloat"><span class="type">gfloat</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MINDOUBLE"> |
| <a name="G-MINDOUBLE:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MINDOUBLE</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MINDOUBLE DBL_MIN |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The minimum positive value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gdouble" title="gdouble"><span class="type">gdouble</span></a>. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| If you are interested in the smallest value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gdouble" title="gdouble"><span class="type">gdouble</span></a>, |
| use -G_MAXDOUBLE. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <hr> |
| <div class="refsect2" title="G_MAXDOUBLE"> |
| <a name="G-MAXDOUBLE:CAPS"></a><h3>G_MAXDOUBLE</h3> |
| <pre class="programlisting">#define G_MAXDOUBLE DBL_MAX |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| The maximum value which can be held in a <a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gdouble" title="gdouble"><span class="type">gdouble</span></a>. |
| </p> |
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