What is the Double.MinValue field in C#?

Overview

In C#, Double.MinValue represents the smallest possible value of a double. It is a constant.

Syntax

public const double MinValue
Syntax for the Double.MinValue field in C#

Parameters

This field takes no parameters.

Return value

This field returns -1.7976931348623157E+308.

Example

// use System
using System;
// create class
class DoubleMinValue
{
    static void Main()
    {
      // print value of field
      Console.WriteLine(Double.MinValue);
      // perform arithmetic operations
      double d1 = Double.MinValue + 45.8695;
      double d2 = 1 * Double.MinValue;
      double d3 = Double.MinValue + Double.MinValue;
      // print result
      Console.WriteLine(d1);
      Console.WriteLine(d2);
      Console.WriteLine(d3);
    }
}

Explanation

  • Line 9: We print the value of Double.MinValue to the console.
  • Lines 11–13: We perform some arithmetic operations on the field and store results in d1 , d2 and d3 variables.
  • Lines 16–18: We print the results to the console.

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