TITLE: using numeric_limits (Newsgroups: comp.std.c++, 20 Mar 97) KANZE: James Kanze [snip] > If INT_MIN (or LONG_MIN) == -2147483647, ... [snip] ZABLUDA: Oleg Zabluda Small comment: INT_MIN is an obsolete way to do that. The modern way is: #include numeric_limits::min();