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# Standard library header <climits>

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This header was originally in the C standard library as `<limits.h>`.

This header is part of the type support library, in particular it's part of the C numeric limits interface.

### [edit] Macros

CHAR_BIT | number of bits in byte (macro constant) [edit]
MB_LEN_MAX | maximum number of bytes in a multibyte character (macro constant) [edit]
CHAR_MIN | minimum value of char (macro constant) [edit]
CHAR_MAX | maximum value of char (macro constant) [edit]
SCHAR_MINSHRT_MININT_MINLONG_MINLLONG_MIN (C++11) | minimum value of signed char, short, int, long and long long respectively (macro constant) [edit]
SCHAR_MAXSHRT_MAXINT_MAXLONG_MAXLLONG_MAX (C++11) | maximum value of signed char, short, int, long and long long respectively (macro constant) [edit]
UCHAR_MAXUSHRT_MAXUINT_MAXULONG_MAXULLONG_MAX (C++11) | maximum value of unsigned char, unsigned short, unsigned int, unsigned long and unsigned long long respectively (macro constant) [edit]

### [edit] Synopsis

    #define CHAR_BIT /* see definition */
    #define SCHAR_MIN /* see definition */
    #define SCHAR_MAX /* see definition */
    #define UCHAR_MAX /* see definition */
    #define CHAR_MIN /* see definition */
    #define CHAR_MAX /* see definition */
    #define MB_LEN_MAX /* see definition */
    #define SHRT_MIN /* see definition */
    #define SHRT_MAX /* see definition */
    #define USHRT_MAX /* see definition */
    #define INT_MIN /* see definition */
    #define INT_MAX /* see definition */
    #define UINT_MAX /* see definition */
    #define LONG_MIN /* see definition */
    #define LONG_MAX /* see definition */
    #define ULONG_MAX /* see definition */
    #define LLONG_MIN /* see definition */
    #define LLONG_MAX /* see definition */
    #define ULLONG_MAX /* see definition */

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