Thread: Dbl_min?

I asked for DBL_MAX the other day and the compilation and execution went fine, but when I tried to print DBL_MIN I got
2.22507e-308, a positive number. Here is the entire output to the code below it:


2.22507e-308
1.79769e+308

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Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <cfloat>

int main()
{
  std::cout<<DBL_MIN<<"\n"<<  DBL_MAX;
  cin>>"i";
 
  return 0;
}

I'm trying to get DBL_MIN to print. By the way, I use the Dev c++ version 4.9.6.0 (Copyright Bloodshed software) compiler...just mentioning incase it is related.

Originally posted by m712

I'm trying to get DBL_MIN to print.

and congratulations, as you have succeeded in doing so

as you may have guessed by now, DBL_MIN is not the smallest number you can hold in a double; it is the smallest positive number you can hold in a double. I believe the smallest number you can hold in a double is assumed to be -DBL_MAX.