How to express infinity in Ruby?

Question

Is there a keyword to express Infinity in Ruby?

Answer 1

If you use ruby 1.9.2, you can use:

>> Float::INFINITY #=> Infinity
>> 3 < Float::INFINITY #=> true

Or you can create your own constant using the following*:
I've checked that in Ruby 1.8.6, 1.8.7, and 1.9.2 you have Float.infinite?.

PositiveInfinity = +1.0/0.0 
=> Infinity

NegativeInfinity = -1.0/0.0 
=> -Infinity

CompleteInfinity = NegativeInfinity..PositiveInfinity
=> -Infinity..Infinity

^{*I've verified this in Ruby 1.8.6 and 1.9.2}

Answer 2

No keyword, but 1.9.2 has a constant for this:

>> Float::INFINITY #=> Infinity
>> 3 < Float::INFINITY #=> true

Answer 3

http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/bigdecimal/rdoc/BigDecimal.html#label-Infinity

1.9.3p429 :025 > BigDecimal('Infinity')
 => #<BigDecimal:7f8a6c548140,'Infinity',9(9)>
1.9.3p429 :026 > BigDecimal('-Infinity')
 => #<BigDecimal:7f8a6a0e3728,'-Infinity',9(9)>
1.9.3p429 :027 > 3 < BigDecimal('Infinity')
 => true

1.9.3p429 :028 > BigDecimal::INFINITY
 => #<BigDecimal:7f8a6ad046d8,'Infinity',9(9)>