How to get the minimum number that can be represented?

Sun Sep 20 01:46:27 EDT 2009

> Suppose I want to define a function that return the minimum number
> that can be represented.
>> def f(x):
> #body
>> That it, if I call f(10), f will return the minimum integer that can
> be represented in the machine; if I cal f(10.5), f will return the
> minimum float that can be represented in the machine.
>> Could somebody let me know what should be in the function body?

I'm not sure this is what you are looking for but have a look at
import sys
print sys.maxint
HTH,
Daniel
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