User Guide

Number 545
The following example assigns the value of the MIN_VALUE property to a variable declared
without the use of the constructor:
var smallest:Number = Number.MIN_VALUE;
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0 - (became a native object in Flash Player 6,
which improved performance significantly).
Property summary
Properties inherited from class Object
Constructor summary
Modifiers Property Description
static MAX_VALUE:Number The largest representable number (double-
precision IEEE-754).
static MIN_VALUE:Number The smallest representable number (double-
precision IEEE-754).
static NaN:Number The IEEE-754 value representing Not A
Number (NaN).
static NEGATIVE_INFINITY:Number Specifies the IEEE-754 value representing
negative infinity.
static POSITIVE_INFINITY:Number Specifies the IEEE-754 value representing
positive infinity.
constructor (Object.constructor property), __proto__ (Object.__proto__
property), prototype (Object.prototype property), __resolve
(Object.__resolve property)
Signature Description
Number(num:Object) Creates a new Number object.