Number.MIN_VALUE

The Number.MIN_VALUE property represents the smallest positive numeric value representable in JavaScript.

Description

Number.MIN_VALUE is the smallest positive number (not the most negative number) that can be represented within float precision — in other words, the number closest to 0. That’s approximately 5E-324. The ECMAScript spec doesn’t define a precise value that implementations are required to support — instead the spec says, “must be the smallest non-zero positive value that can actually be represented by the implementation”. But in practice, its precise value in browsers and in Node.js is 2^-1074.

Because MIN_VALUE is a static property of Number, you always use it as Number.MIN_VALUE, rather than as a property of a Number object you created.

Examples

Using MIN_VALUE

The following code divides two numeric values. If the result is greater than or equal to MIN_VALUE, the func1 function is called; otherwise, the func2 function is called.

if (num1 / num2 >= Number.MIN_VALUE) {
  func1();
} else {
  func2();
}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Number.MAX_VALUE