Primitive int variable with MAX

Primitive int variable with MAX_VALUE

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Mark - 19 Jan 2005 16:30 GMT

Hello,

How do I create a primitive int variable which holds the largest value it
possibly can? I've tried this:

public Integer x = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
public int y = x.intValue();

... but I get an "Incompatible types" error. I can't work out if a) I can do
the operation in 1 graceful statement, or b) if not, how to create a new
Integer and assign the Integer.MAX_VALUE to it.

Thanks.

Mark

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Mark - 19 Jan 2005 16:41 GMT

> How do I create a primitive int variable which holds the largest value it
> possibly can?

Bah! Looks like the following works:

public int y = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

Talk about not seeing the wood for the trees...

Mark

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Boudewijn Dijkstra - 19 Jan 2005 16:46 GMT

> Hello,
>
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> do the operation in 1 graceful statement, or b) if not, how to create a new
> Integer and assign the Integer.MAX_VALUE to it.

I don't know what planet you are from, but out here we just do:

int x = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

because Integer.MAX_VALUE is declared as an int, not as an object of Integer.

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