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Number.MIN_SAFE_INTEGER β€” relationship to MAX_SAFE_INTEGER

πŸ“– Usage Example
// Most negative safely representable integer
Number.MIN_SAFE_INTEGER   // β†’ -9007199254740991
Number.MIN_SAFE_INTEGER - 1 === Number.MIN_SAFE_INTEGER - 2   // β†’ true (unsafe!)

Use Number.MIN_SAFE_INTEGER as the lower bound when working with negative integers to avoid silent precision loss.

MIN and MAX Safe Integer Relationship

Number.MIN_SAFE_INTEGER === -Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER

πŸ’‘ Hints (1)
  • β€’ The safe integer range is symmetric around zero.