how do I initialize a float to its max/min value?

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How do I hard code an absolute maximum or minimum value for a float or double? I want to search out the max/min of an array by simply iterating through and catching the largest.

There are also positive and negative infinity for floats, should I use those instead? If so, how do I denote that in my code?

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