math.mininteger

Constant

math.mininteger -- -9223372036854775808

Represents the smallest (most negative) integer value representable by Lua's 64-bit signed integer type (-2^63).

Examples

Print the minimum integer value

engine.print("info", math.mininteger) -- -9223372036854775808

mininteger minus 1 wraps around to maxinteger

local result = math.mininteger - 1

engine.print("info", result) -- 9223372036854775807

Use as a lower sentinel for maximum searching

local values = {100, 200, 50, 400}
local largest = math.mininteger

for _, v in ipairs(values) do
    if v > largest then largest = v end
end

engine.print("info", largest) -- 400

mininteger is less than any other integer

engine.print("info", math.mininteger < -1000000000) -- true

Safely take absolute value near the boundary

local safe = math.mininteger + 1

engine.print("info", math.abs(safe)) -- 9223372036854775807

Constant

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