Is there a keyword to express Infinity in Ruby?
3 Answers
If you use ruby 1.9.2, you can use:
>> Float::INFINITY #=> Infinity
>> 3 < Float::INFINITY #=> true
Or you can create your own constant using the following*:
I've checked that in Ruby 1.8.6, 1.8.7, and 1.9.2 you have Float.infinite?.
PositiveInfinity = +1.0/0.0
=> Infinity
NegativeInfinity = -1.0/0.0
=> -Infinity
CompleteInfinity = NegativeInfinity..PositiveInfinity
=> -Infinity..Infinity
*I've verified this in Ruby 1.8.6 and 1.9.2
No keyword, but 1.9.2 has a constant for this:
>> Float::INFINITY #=> Infinity
>> 3 < Float::INFINITY #=> true
Consider BigDecimal in the ruby docs
1.9.3p429 :025 > BigDecimal('Infinity')
=> #<BigDecimal:7f8a6c548140,'Infinity',9(9)>
1.9.3p429 :026 > BigDecimal('-Infinity')
=> #<BigDecimal:7f8a6a0e3728,'-Infinity',9(9)>
1.9.3p429 :027 > 3 < BigDecimal('Infinity')
=> true
1.9.3p429 :028 > BigDecimal::INFINITY
=> #<BigDecimal:7f8a6ad046d8,'Infinity',9(9)>
