PROPERTY:  Number::NEGATIVE_INFINITY
PROPERTY:  Number::POSITIVE_INFINITY


NEGATIVE_INFINITYNetscape Only Feature
This static, read-only property is a special value representing negative infinity, which is returned on overflow.
 
Syntax: Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY
 
The NEGATIVE_INFINITY property behaves in the following ways:
 
Any positive value (including POSITIVE_INFINITY) multiplied by NEGATIVE_INFINITY is NEGATIVE_INFINITY.
 
Any negative number (including NEGATIVE_INFINITY) multiplied by NEGATIVE_INFINITY is POSITIVE_INFINITY.
 
Zero multiplied by NEGATIVE_INFINITY is NaN.
 
NaN multiplied by NEGATIVE_INFINITY is NaN.
 
NEGATIVE_INFINITY divided by any negative number except NEGATIVE_INFINITY is POSITIVE_INFINITY.
 
NEGATIVE_INFINITY divided by any positive number except POSITIVE_INFINITY is NEGATIVE_INFINITY.
 
NEGATIVE_INFINITY divided by either NEGATIVE_INFINITY or POSITIVE_INFINITY is NaN.
 
Any number divided by NEGATIVE_INFINITY is Zero.
 
POSITIVE_INFINITY
This static, read-only property is a special value representing infinity, which is returned on overflow.
 
Syntax: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY
 
The POSITIVE_INFINITY property behaves in the following ways:
 
Any positive number (including POSITIVE_INFINITY) multiplied by POSITIVE_INFINITY is POSITIVE_INFINITY.
 
Any negative number (including NEGATIVE_INFINITY) multiplied by POSITIVE_INFINITY is NEGATIVE_INFINITY.
 
Zero multiplied by POSITIVE_INFINITY is NaN.
 
NaN multiplied by POSITIVE_INFINITY is NaN.
 
POSITIVE_INFINITY divided by any negative number, except NEGATIVE_INFINITY, is NEGATIVE_INFINITY .
 
POSITIVE_INFINITY divided by any positive number, except POSITIVE_INFINITY, is POSITIVE_INFINITY.
 
POSITIVE_INFINITY divided by either NEGATIVE_INFINITY or POSITIVE_INFINITY is NaN.
 
Any number divided by POSITIVE_INFINITY is Zero.


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