On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Grant Edwards <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: > On 2009-09-20, Peng Yu <pengyu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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? > > The stuff you wan is in the "sys" module. > > For example: > >>>> sys.float_info > sys.floatinfo(max=1.7976931348623157e+308, max_exp=1024, > max_10_exp=308, min=2.2250738585072014e-308, min_exp=-1021, > min_10_exp=-307, dig=15, mant_dig=53, epsilon=2.2204460492503131e-16, > radix=2, rounds=1) > >>>> sys.maxint > 2147483647 > > You might also want to read up on the type() builtin
I want avoid using any 'if' statement. In C++, I can use template. How to do not use 'if' statement in python? Regards, Peng -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
