Analog Input Pins current rating?

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Hi, I am a EE student new to microcontrollers. I started work on a project using Arduino mega 2560.
I have a question concerning the analog input pins. I search the web trying to find what the Analog input pins current rate at "min to max current rateing"; however, it seems that I can't find any info on it. I found some specs as follows

Microcontroller ATmega2560
Operating Voltage 5V
Input Voltage (recommended) 7-12V
Input Voltage (limits) 6-20V
Digital I/O Pins 54 (of which 14 provide PWM output)
Analog Input Pins 16
DC Current per I/O Pin 40 mA
DC Current for 3.3V Pin 50 mA
Flash Memory 256 KB of which 8 KB used by bootloader
SRAM 8 KB
EEPROM 4 KB
Clock Speed 16 MHz

I am confuse at what these spec all means. Is the DC current per I/O Pin 40 mA for Digital I/O only, or is it for analog and digital?

Thank you.

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The input resistance of the analog inputs is 100 MOhm (from Table 31-11). That means at an input of Vcc (5V) your input current is 0.00000005 A (0.05 microamps). Does that help?

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Analog pins can be used as digital outputs if you want - same specs as other pins.

The input current is effectively zero(*) as analog inputs (or digital inputs) unless the built-in pull-ups are enabled.

(*) Typically pA, at room temperature. The datasheet worst-case figure is for 85 or 125 deg C when leakage currents are
far higher.

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Thank you guys !